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Political organization of the Duwamish
Ethnology • 28 (2) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 135-149
By: Tollefson, Kenneth Dean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article argues that, prior to the arrival of Euromerican settlers in the Duwamish River valley shortly after 1850, the indigenous inhabitants were governed by a powerful chiefdom that collapsed as the newcomers appropriated its land and disrupted its economic basis. Surviving descendants of the native population dispersed to isolated households in rural communities and small towns dominated by other ethnic groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Form and rules of government
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Territorial hierarchy
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Settlement patterns
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Southern Coast Salish
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1780-1926
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Duwamish River, King county, Washington, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kenneth D. Tollefson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Duwamish Indians