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Northern Paiute
Handbook of North American Indians. Great Basin • 11 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 435-465
By: Fowler, Catherine S., Liljeblad, Sven S. (Sven Samuel).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a concise culture summary of Northern Paiute ethnography derived in large part from published and unpublished source material. Data include information on Northern Paiute territory and language, tribal subdivisions, environment, subsistence, house types, clothing and adornment, social and political organization, life cycle, religion, games, and culture history,
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Food quest
- Tools and appliances
- Dwellings
- Normal garb
- History
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Public welfare
- 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
- essay
- 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; 2011
- 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
- 1800-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, Oregon, and Nevada, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Catherine S. Fowler and Sven Liljeblad
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paiute Indians