Book
The changing culture of an Indian tribe
Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1932 • Pages:
By: Mead, Margaret.
Abstract
This source is a community-type study of the Omaha Indian Reservation. The author has given the pseudonym 'Antler Tribe' to the Omaha in order to preserve anonymity. The book is the result of five months' field work on the reservation. Material on aboriginal culture has been taken from the standard sources to furnish base-lines for the examination of changes in economy, government, family, religion, child training, and sex patterns. Throughout the book the author gives emphasis to changes in the position of women in Omaha society. Household organization and female delinquincy are dealt with tabularly. Life-history material is used illustratively in the text.
- Subjects
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Production and supply
- Housing
- Normal garb
- Missions
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Annual cycle
- External relations
- Tillage
- Income and demand
- Standard of living
- Education system
- Kin relationships
- Visiting and hospitality
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Residence
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Real property
- Gift giving
- Status, role, and prestige
- Cultural identity and pride
- Tribe and nation
- Occupational specialization
- culture
- Omaha
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- W. W. Stein ; 1955
- Field Date
- 1930
- Coverage Date
- 1890-1931
- Coverage Place
- Omaha Indians in USA
- Notes
- Margaret Mead ; foreword by Clark Wissler
- Since the book contains considerable material on acculturation, category 177 in the file has been organized decimally to correspond with the OCM categories. The author's introduction and theoretical orientation, pp. 3-15, appear in category 116 only.
- LCSH
- Omaha Indians
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--Social conditions
- Acculturation--Great Plains
- Indian women--Great Plains