Book
An Hidatsa shrine and the beliefs respecting it
The New Era Printing Company • 2 (4) • Published In 1908 • Pages: 275-328
By: Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study considers aspects of Hidatsa religious life based on a viewing of sacred objects passed down between generations and housed in a contemporary shrine. Informants supplied myths, personal stories, and accounts of ceremonies regarding the origins and uses of these objects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Sacred objects and places
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Magical and mental therapy
- Theory of disease
- General character of religion
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- Traditional history
- 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
- Book
- 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 Abate Adem; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1906-1908
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1860-1907
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central and western North Dakota, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George H. Pepper and Gilbert L. Wilson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 09005503
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hidatsa Indians