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Gros Ventre
Handbook of North American Indians. Plains • 13 (2) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 677-694
By: Fowler, Loretta, Flannery, Regina.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a concise culture summary of Gros Ventre ethnology ranging from approximately the mid-eighteenth century to the late twentieth. Major topics discussed in this work deal with history, culture contacts, subsistence, clothing and adornment, social organization, religion and political organization, and curing. A synonymy, written by Douglas R. Parks, and an analysis of source material on the Gros Ventre conclude this paper.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Identification
- Community structure
- External relations
- External trade
- Special garments
- Clothing manufacture
- Settlement patterns
- Public welfare
- Status, role, and prestige
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- 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
- 1772-1998
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Montana, United States; Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Loretta Fowler and Regina Flannery
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gros Ventre Indians