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The Nation of the Willows
Atlantic monthly • 50 • Published In 1882 • Pages: 374, 541-559
By: Cushing, Frank Hamilton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents to the reader a picture of the Havasupai Indians as they existed shortly after the first European-Indian contacts. The author describes his first contact with the Indians, their culture history, and the various aspects of Havasupai ethnography that he observed during the brief time that he lived in the village. Most of the information presented in the article deals with the material culture of the Havasupai, the ecological basis of their existence, the physical appearance of the people, (including clothing and ornaments), and certain aspects of social organization (pertaining to chiefs, and medicine men). The author, an anthropologist, was until his death, a member of the Smithsonian Institution.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- External relations
- History
- Descriptive somatology
- Dwellings
- Food preparation
- Community heads
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Mythology
- Visiting and hospitality
- Annual cycle
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Havasupai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1961: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1881
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1881
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cataract Creek Canyon, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Hamilton Cushing
- Pages 362-373, have not been processed because they deal with the details of the author's trip to the Havasupai.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 04012666
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yuman Indians