book chapter
The Pomo
Tribes of California • 3 • Published In 1877 • Pages: 146-195, 204-217, 491-517
By: Powers, Stephen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material contained within this source deals with some of the less well known tribes or bands of the Pomo, living in the general region of the intersection of the head-waters of the Eel and Russian Rivers and along the estuaries of the California coast. The groups dealt with here are the: Poam, Yokaia, Senel, Komacho, Gallinomero, Misalla Magun, Gualala, Erio, Kabinapek, and Makhelchel. Generally speaking, the ethnographic data relating to the above are in the form of field notes, but they contain, nevertheless, a great deal of valuable material not recorded in many of the later Pomo ethnographies. The last section of this source, pp. 491-517, deals with a comparative linguistic study of the Pomo dialect between several of the groups mentioned above. Portions of this book were not processed because they deal with tribes other than the Pomo. The author of this article, who was a journalist, is considered on of the outstanding authorities on the California Indians of his day.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Vocabulary
- Linguistic identification
- Diet
- Settlement patterns
- Gambling
- Gender status
- Visiting and hospitality
- Sodalities
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Social control
- External relations
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Cult of the dead
- Mythology
- Eschatology
- Organized ceremonial
- Abortion and infanticide
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Journalist
- 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 ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1871-1876
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- head-waters of the Eel and Russian Rivers and coastal estuaries, northern California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen Powers
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 02027767
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians