book chapter
Social life of the Navajo Indians: with some attention to minor ceremonies
Columbia University Press • 7 • Published In 1928 • Pages: preface, 1-161
By: Reichard, Gladys Amanda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains an excellent analysis of Navajo clans and clan-groups and detailed descriptions of their ceremonials. Tables on clan-groups, clan size, clan inter-marriage, and the genealogies listed on pages 162-239 are not included. For a detailed critique of this aspect of the book, see the review by Father Berard Haile in document 101.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Composition of population
- Traditional history
- Real property
- Gender status
- Marriage
- Polygamy
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Magical and mental therapy
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 chapter
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katherine Schlesinger ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1923-1925
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1923-1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona and New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Gladys A. Reichard
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-161)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 29000250
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians