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Navajo ceremonial system
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 536-557
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an overview of the Navajo ceremonial system, particularly as it relates to curing practices. Data for the article were gathered by a prominent researcher over four decades prior to the writing of the manuscript in 1972. An explicit classification of chantway ceremonies versus Holyway, Evilway, and Lifeway rituals is particularly useful in providing analytical distinctions. Aside from detailing ceremonial dynamics, the author identifies associated etiological factors and describes ceremonial equipment. Considerable attention is given to the role and production of sandpaintings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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
- essay
- 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
- Richard A. Wagner ; John Beierle ; 1985
- 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
- 1902-1972
- 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
- Leland C. Wyman
- For bibliographical references see 197: Brugge (p. 780-839)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians