Book

Deliberate acts: changing Hopi culture through thr Oraibi split

University of Arizona PressTucsonPublished In 1988 • Pages:

By: Whiteley, Peter M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Drawing on oral accounts from Hopi informants and on contemporary (1980s) documents, Whiteley's focus in this book is on the Oraibi split of 1906 in which "traditional" Hopis separated themselves from "progressives" establishing in turn the new settlements of Hotevilla, and later Bacavi. The author argues that the split was in fact the result of a conspiracy among Hopi politico-religious leaders from both factions to overturn the allegedly corrupt Oraibi religious order. Using as an example the settlement of Bacavi, Whiteley's analysis of the social structure seems to demonstate "…how one fragment of a well-established society went about creating a new social order after the old one drastically fragmented" (overleaf).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Ingroup antagonisms
Household
Community heads
Public welfare
Public education
Political parties
Education system
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hopi
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
Southwest and Basin
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.
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1980-1986
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900 - 1980s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Oraibi and Bacavi pueblos, Third Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Peter M. Whiteley
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-363) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87030240
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopi Indians