Book
The Gros Ventres of Montana: part 1, Social life
Catholic University of America Press • (15) • Published In 1953 • Pages: xiv, 221
By: Flannery, Regina.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, dealing with the social aspects of Gros Ventre ethnography, is the result of fieldwork undertaken in 1940, 1945, and 1948 at the invitation of Dr. John M. Cooper, whose work on the religious and ritualistic aspects of Gros Ventre life appears elsewhere in this file (see 3:Cooper). In general, the author attempts to reconstruct through the use of several informants, Gros Ventre social life as it existed prior to the disappearance of the buffalo herds around the year 1884. Abundant data may be found in this source on the historical background of the Gros Ventre, their tribal organization, methods and techniques of obtaining food and clothing, use of domesticated animals, transportation, economic aspects of life, war and prestige, kinship behavior, birth, infancy, childhood, marriage, and old age and death. The appendix gives a brief biography of each of the author's informants. The author is a professional anthropologist, with a special interest in North American Indian ethnography.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External relations
- Community structure
- Normal garb
- Friendships
- Family relationships
- Kinship
- Conception
- Childhood activities
- Extramarital sex relations
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sex and marital offenses
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gros Ventre
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle; 1961: John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1835-1885
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Plains, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Regina Flannery
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 53009959
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gros Ventre Indians (Montana)--Social life and customs
- Gros Ventre Indians (Montana)--Religion
- Gros Ventre Indians (Montana)--Rites and ceremonies