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Individual motivation in the diffusion of the Wind River Shoshone Sundance to the Crow Indians
American anthropologist • 50 (4) • Published In 1948 • Pages: 634-646
By: Voget, Fred W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Motivations for participation in, and the diffusion of, the Sundance by four Crow and a Shoshone are discussed in this work. The Sundance is examined as a factor in nativistic thinking, and as an anxiety-reducing mechanism for the individual under the pressures for acculturation. Although there is some commentary on innovations, and their acceptance or rejection in regard to the personalities of the innovators, the article largely is largely concerned with the motivations of the individuals; there is almost no detail about the ceremony itself.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- General character of religion
- Status, role, and prestige
- Revelation and divination
- Political movements
- Life and death
- Dance
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Ethos
- Music
- Social personality
- Education system
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Crow
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Genevieve A. Highland ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941, 1946
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Crow Reservation, Montana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fred Voget
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 646)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Crow Indians