essay
My Crow interpreter
In the company of man; twenty portraits by anthropologists • New York • Published In 1964 • Pages: 427-437
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article comes from a compilation of writings on the role of informants in ethnographic methodology, During research among the Southern Montana reservation Crow, the author cultivated a warm and personal relationship with his chief informant and interpreter. The account of participant observation is poignant and sensitive, especially the biographical notes on the informant's personal reconciliation between the forces of tradition and change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Instigation of war
- Political movements
- Kin relationships
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Personal names
- Diet
- Missions
- Magicians and diviners
- Talent mobility
- Normal garb
- Religious denominations
- Animal transport
- Burial practices and funerals
- Revelation and divination
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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
- Gilbert Winer ; 1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1910-1916, 1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1910-1937
- 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
- Robert H. Lowie
- Book Chapter, original printing 1960.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60005731
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Crow Indians