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The Osage and the valley of the middle Arkansas

Ethnohistory47Published In 1998 • Pages: 119-131

By: Bailey, Garrick Alan.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a brief description of the Osage of the middle Arkansas valley, with particular reference to their relationships with other Indian groups including culturally related Quapaw, Otoe, Omaha and Ponca. It describes the ways these relationships were re-configured beginning with the 1680s with the arrival of the French trapper/traders.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Cultural identity and pride
Historical reconstruction
Community structure
Community heads
Inter-ethnic relations
Settlement patterns
Hunting and trapping
External relations
External trade
Warfare
Aftermath of combat
Weapons
Animal by-products
Slavery
Real property
Peacemaking
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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
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
1670-1859
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Osage Indians of Middle Arkansas Valley, USA
NotesAdditional notes
Garrick Bailey
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
57043343
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Osage Indians