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The Hidatsa sun dance
Sun Dance of the Plains Indians • 16 • Published In 1921 • Pages: 411-431
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examines changes and continuities in the Sun Dance ceremony—last performed about 1880—by contrasting recollections from elderly Hidatsa with written eyewitness accounts. Also, comparisons are made to the Sun Dance of the Crow people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sodalities
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- Transmission of beliefs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hidatsa
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1805-1880
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Mercer and western McLean counties, North Dakota, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Robert H. Lowie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028722
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hidatsa Indians