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Honey Lake Paiute ethnography
Nevada State Museum • xxxix (1) • Published In 1960 • Pages: vi, 92 , 5 plates
By: Riddell, Francis A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a generalized sketch of the ethnography of the Honey Lake Paiute or Wadßtkuht people, who are located in Lassen County, northeastern California. Data presented in the source pertain to: topography, culture history, tribal boundaries and population, camp and village names, subsistence economy, material culture, certain aspects of the life of the Wadßtkuht individual (e.g., birth, child care, punishment, puberty ceremonies, etc.), religious and social life, games and gambling and mythology. Little information is given on social organization or kinship. All or nearly all of the ethnographic information presented in this source has been obtained from native informants, and in particular one Ike Northrup. As stated in the preface the author's original intention in his field work was to prepare a chart of the territory as an aid in archaeological investigations, but in so doing he became acquainted with the people and developed an interest in other aspects of their society, the data which he collected appearing here.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Place names
- Settlement patterns
- Location
- Work in skins
- General tools
- Puberty and initiation
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Paiute
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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 ; 1965-1968: John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1948-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1843-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Honey Lake (Wadatkuht)Paiute, Lassen County, northeastern California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Francis A. Riddell
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73641131
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paiute Indians