Book
Omaha secret societies
Columbia University Press • XIV • Published In 1932 • Pages: ii, 193
By: Fortune, Reo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a discussion of Omaha religion with emphasis on the organization and practices of Omaha secret societies. The Omaha vision experience is treated in detail. The author's main purpose is to uncover material which is missing or misunderstood in earlier sources on the Omaha. In doing this, he shows the integration of the counter-principles of the hereditary transmission of privilege vs. the achievement of privilege. The author reproduces some material from the early sources along with his comments. Where the original passages are too long he cites page numbers for reference. As a final chapter a collection of folktales related to aspects of the secret societies is presented. The author spent three months among the Omaha.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- General character of religion
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Magicians and diviners
- Community heads
- Sorcery
- Organized ceremonial
- Revelation and divination
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sodalities
- Avoidance and taboo
- Ethnometeorology
- Eschatology
- Theory of disease
- Spirits and gods
- Alcoholic beverages
- Religious experience
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gift giving
- Kin relationships
- Social relationships and groups
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- W. W. Stein ; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1897-1932
- 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
- by R. F. Fortune
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 32002589
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Indians
- Indians of North America--Secret societies