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Chinook songs

Journal of American folk-lore1Published In 1979 • Pages: 220-226

By: Boas, Franz.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a collection of Chinook songs dealing generally with themes of love and jealousy. These songs were recorded by Boas at holiday gatherings of several linguistically related tribes living and working together in several cities in British Columbia, and using the Chinook language as a common means of communication. As a result the songs often contain words from other northwest tribal groups (e.g., Haida, Tlingit, etc.). Songs are presented in this work in the native text followed by its comparable English translation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Music
Texts in the speaker's language
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
article
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
John Beierle ; 2002
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1886
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1801-1900
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Pacific Northwest coast (Oregon and Washington State, United States; British Columbia, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Franz Boas
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
63024221
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Chinook Indians