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Talking about and classifying Navajo JISH or medicine bundles

Navajo religion and culture : selected views (17)Published In 1982 • Pages: 98-109

By: Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article, based on fieldwork in various locations in Arizona, on Navajo medicine bundles or JISH. The article is primarily concerned with semantics and the author discusses the linguistic meaning and ethnographic usage of the term JISH and several typologies of JISH, both native and anthropological.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sacred objects and places
Semantics
Vocabulary
Paraphernalia
Magical and mental therapy
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
Marlene Martin ; 1986
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1980
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930s-1950s, 1980
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Charlotte J. Frisbie
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
81086446
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians