Book
Lower Chinook ethnographic notes
University of Washington • 7 (2) • Published In 1938 • Pages: 29-165
By: Ray, Verne Frederick.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a detailed ethnographic study of the Chinook Indians of the Lower Chinook region (lower Columbia River and Willapa Bay in Washington State), with particular emphasis on their material culture. The field work for this study was done in the summers of 1931 and 1936 along with several brief intervening periods following. Much of the information was gathered from the author's two principal informants -- Emma Millet Luscier and Mrs. Bertrand, and further supplemented by the recorded observations and commentaries of James G. Swan, Lewis and Clark, Gabriel Franchere, and the first whites to visit the Chinook around 1792 -- Gray, Boit, and Broughton. Major topics discussed in this work are: social structure (class, rank, slavery), warfare, life cycle events, the guardian spirit complex, diversions (games, gambling, smoking), trade, hunting (land and marine), fishing, foods and food preparation, domestic life, dress and ornament, and mythology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Marine hunting
- Fishing
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Mats and basketry
- Normal garb
- Dwellings
- Outbuildings
- Utensils
- External trade
- Games
- Gambling
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Arranging a marriage
- Kinship terminology
- Warfare
- Mythology
- Puberty and initiation
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chinookans of the Lower Columbia River
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Summers of 1931, 1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1850-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lower Chinook region (lower Columbia River and Willapa Bay), Washington State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Verne F. Ray
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38028386
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinook Indians