Book
The peyote religion among the Navaho
Aldine Pub. Co. • (4) • Published In 1966 • Pages: xxvi, 454
By: Aberle, David Friend, Moore, Harvey C., Johnston, Denis F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an extremely thorough ethnographic source, concerned with the origins, development, and social functions of the peyote cult (Native American Church) among the Navajo. The author, who participated in the cult by eating peyote numerous times, attempts to explain membership vs. non-membership in it according to a 'theory of relative deprivation.' The relationship of membership to 'wealth' (measured in terms of livestock holdings) as well as to traditional attachments to Navajo religious ways are discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Magical and mental therapy
- Ethnosociology
- Organized ceremonial
- Pastoral activities
- Revelation and divination
- Life history materials
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Sorcery
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- 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
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- pre-1868-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by David F. Aberle. With field assistance by Harvey C. Moore and with an appendix on Navaho population and education by Denis F. Johnston
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-436)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65026751
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians