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A Uintah Ute bear dance, March, 1931

American anthropologist, n.s.34Published In 1962 • Pages: 263-273

By: Steward, Julian Haynes.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a straightforward narration of what Steward observed while attending the Bear Dance at the Uintah Reservation in 1931. The author describes the activities, participants, degree of participation, and some of the changes in this ceremonial that seems to have lost much of its meaining and importance to the Utes.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organized ceremonial
Dance
Sociocultural trends
Music
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ute
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
Eleanor C. Swanson; Jan Simpson; 1981
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1931
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1931
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Utah, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Julian Haynes Steward
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015424
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ute Indians