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Omaha sociology
Bureau of Ethnology, third annual report, 1881-82 • Washington • Published In 1884 • Pages: 205-370 , 4 plates
By: Dorsey, James Owen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a general description of Omaha social organization, with sections on technology and material culture. The introductory chapter is an account of the proto-historical migrations of the Omaha and cognate tribes. Much comparative material on other Dhegiha tribes is included. This is especially so for the Ponca, since one of the author's major informants, Joseph La Flesche, was a Ponca by birth. The author originally resided among the Omaha as a missionary. He began his work there in 1871. Later, he made a study of anthropology. This source is based upon the author's reexamination of his earlier analyses of Omaha culture in the light of his anthropological studies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Traditional history
- Linguistic identification
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Dying
- Settlement patterns
- Sacred objects and places
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Clans
- Legal norms
- Ground combat forces
- Priesthood
- Status, role, and prestige
- Local officials
- Personal names
- Status, role, and prestige
- Kinship terminology
- Artificial kin relationships
- Sodalities
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Omaha
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Missionary
- 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
- William W. Stein ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1871-1881
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1884
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Omaha Indians in USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16005488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Indians