Book
Papago Indian religion
Columbia University Press • (33) • Published In 1946 • Pages: viii, 359
By: Underhill, Ruth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a descriptive ethnography of Papago religion. The book is divided into five sections: a background on Papago history and culture; communal ceremonies; ceremonies for individual power; the use of power; and acculturation. In an appendix, Underhill notes the many resemblances to Pueblo practices to be found in the Papago prayer-stick festival. Also noteworthy is the subcultural variation in ceremonial to be found among the four main Papago groups, partly due to differential exposures to acculturative influence. Underhill, the outstanding authority on the Papago, was employed by the United States Indian Office when this source was published.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Music
- Literary texts
- Special deposits
- Oratory
- Ethnozoology
- Purification and atonement
- Puberty and initiation
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- O'odham
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ruth Murray Underhill
- At head of title: Ruth M. Underhill. 'A sequel to a previous paper on Social organization.'--Foreword
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-347)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 47000360
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tohono O'odham Indians--Religion