book chapter
The Osage tribe: two versions of the child-naming rite
Bureau of American Ethnology, 43rd annual report • Washington • Published In 1928 • Pages: 23-95
By: La Flesche, Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article records the performance of the child-naming ceremony as it is practiced by two of the Osage gens. Some additional information is included, such as the method of cutting children's hair as practiced by different gens. The native texts of the ceremonies, starting on page 96 have been omitted.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Naming
- Ethnometeorology
- Spirits and gods
- Personal names
- Mythology
- Wages and salaries
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Verbal arts
- Incorporeal property
- Decorative art
- Weapons
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Osage
- 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 chapter
- 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
- James R. Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1910-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1910-1928
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Osage Indians, USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Francis La Flesche
- Omitted from the files: pages 96-164
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29011473
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Osage Indians--Rites and ceremonies
- Osage Indians--Religion
- Osage mythology