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Pima and Papago medicine and philosophy
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 193-200
By: Bahr, Donald M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Shamans have traditionally dominated Piman (Pima and Papago) intellectual life both as the principal heroic type celebrated in popular song and poetry and as the main source for critical reflection on social issues (p. 193). This article, based in large part on information obtained from the Papago shaman Juan Gregorio, discusses theories of disease, the role of the shaman in Piman society, their methods of diagnosis and curing , and the relationship between the shaman and the non-shamanistic curers in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Ethnozoology
- Ethnopsychology
- Music
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2010
- 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
- 1860-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Donald M. Bahr
- Stock number: 047-000-00361-0
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tohono O'odham Indians