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Pawnee Indian societies

The Trustees11 (7)Published In 1914 • Pages: 543-644

By: Murie, James R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Murie, a Skidi Pawnee, prepared this discussion of Pawnee societies under the direction of Clark Wissler. Murie collected and wrote down whatever information he could gather on a number of topics. After preliminary discussion of Pawnee social and ceremonial organization, he proceeds to discuss the bundle societies, private organizations, medicinemen's societies and modern ceremonies, including the Ghost Dance and the peyote ritual. He closes with a section on miscellaneous. Murie was a primary informant for most of the earlier field workers among the Pawnee. The introduction and conclusion are by the editor of the series, Clark Wissler.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literary texts
Sodalities
Shamans and psychotherapists
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Pawnee
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
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.
Indigenous Person
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
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Skidi (Skiri), Chawi (Chaui), Kitkahahki, and Pitahawirata bands; northern Kansas and Nebraska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by James R. Murie
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17028736
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Pawnee Indians