Book
To the American Indian
Cummins Print Shop • Eureka • Published In 1916 • Pages:
By: Thompson, Lucy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source was written by a member of the Yurok tribe (Klamath) and tends to over-idealize the life of the American Indian. It is, however, probably no more biased in this direction than many travellers' accounts are in the opposite direction. A large part of the work consists of folk-tales and narratives. Also included are data on marriage, child-birth, burial, and a fairly good amount of information on the native ceremonial life. Other sections of the work deal with social stratification, house and boat building, and other features of the culture as recalled by the author. There are numerous typographical errors in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- External trade
- Routes
- External relations
- Classes
- Nuptials
- Special garments
- Community heads
- Property system
- Residence
- Medical personnel
- Bodily injuries
- Pharmaceuticals
- Organized ceremonial
- Priesthood
- Ordering of time
- Numeration
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yurok
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- James Leary ; 1958
- 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
- 1860-1916
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yurok Indians, USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lucy Thompson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16020268
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Klamath Indians