essay

Mandan and Hidatsa women's societies

Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa and Mandan Indians11 (3)Published In 1913 • Pages: 323-354

By: Lowie, Robert Harry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This historical investigation into organization of four age-based and three gender-based societies among the Mandan and Hidatsa, supplemented by informant accounts, contrasts the place and role of each.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Buying and selling
Rest days and holidays
Sodalities
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.
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
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1910
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1833-1878
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
15003010
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hidatsa Indians