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The Yokuts
Tribes of California • Washington • Published In 1877 • Pages: 369-392
By: Powers, Stephen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material for this article comprises chapter 35 of Powers' TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA, and is, in general, a relatively brief ethnographic sketch of Yokuts culture as it existed in the 1870's. The author was a professional journalist, although one of the most outstanding authorities on the California Indians of his time. Some aspects of Yokuts culture given special attention by the author are: chieftainship; Yokuts prophets and magicians; weapons; foods; gambling; medical practices; disposal of the dead; and ceremonials, particularly the cyclic mourning ceremonies for the dead.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Weapons
- Gambling
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cult of the dead
- Magicians and diviners
- Prophets and ascetics
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yokuts
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1870s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen Powers
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 02027767
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yokuts Indians