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The historical position of the Lower Chinook in the native culture of the Northwest
Pacific Northwest quarterly • 28 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 363-372
By: Ray, Verne Frederick.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Ray suggests five aspects of historical relationship between the culture of the Lower Chinook (the Chinook, Clatsop, and the Kathlamet) and the surrounding cultures particularly in reference to the tribal groups of the desert Plateau, and the Pacific Northwest coast (e.g., the Haida, Kwakiutl, and Tlingit). These five aspects are: (1) an old underllying stratum of culture extending over the whole of northwestern America, illustrated by the political unit and the territorial tie; (2) a relatively recent overlay upon this old stratum, illustrated by the institution of the potlatch; (3) the presence of comparatively old traits of foreign origin, as representative of attitudes toward rank and class; (4) the fusion of two or more foreign traits of disparate origin, as seen in the guardian spirit ceremones; and (5) the presence of foreign traits of recent introduction such as the secret societies. The major portion of this document involves the cultural comparisons of these five aspects in reference to the various ethnic societies listed above.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Gift giving
- Accumulation of wealth
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1801-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lower Chinook region, southern Washington and northern Oregon, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Verne F. Ray
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08030966
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinook Indians