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Adaptation and cultural persistence among the Crow Indians of Montana
Political organization of native North Americans • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1980 • Pages: 163-187
By: Voget, Fred W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author attributes Crow cultural persistence in the face of powerful assimilative pressures during the 20th century to the combined effects of five conditions: 1) possession of a homeland, lending a sense of identity as a people; 2) a local economy permitting both maintenance of social reciprocity among kin and attainment of traditional statuses; 3) religious ceremonies reinforcing the social system and activating a sense of identity through traditional forms and procedures; 4) a philosophy of causality bringing meaning to native religious forms and procedures; 5) a living language.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Research and development
- External trade
- Internal trade
- Community structure
- Annual cycle
- Family relationships
- Localized kin groups
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Revelation and divination
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1941-1980
- 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 W. Voget
- Includes bibliographical references (185-187)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79003715
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Crow Indians