Book
The Samoyed
Printed by Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1955 • Pages: 13, 225
By: Indiana University, Graduate Program in Uralic and Asian Studies, Indiana University. Graduate Program in Uralic and Asian Studies, Mayfield, Robert, Heffner, Ruth C., Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This handbook, a broad cultural survey of the Samoyed peoples of the Nenets, Yamal-Nenets and Taymyr National Okrugs of the RSFSR, was organized according to a prepared outline and includes sections on the Samoyed historical and geographical setting, demography, anthropometry and ethnic classification, languages, social organization and cultural patterns, artistic and intellectual expression, education, religion, communication, labor force and labor relations, public welfare and health, politics, and economic potential. A detailed bibliography appears at the end of each chapter.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Historical reconstruction
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Annual cycle
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- Classes
- Occupational specialization
- Division of labor by gender
- Education system
- General character of religion
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- External relations
- Pastoral activities
- Annual cycle
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Samoyed
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- North Asia
- 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.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Eugene Lerner; 1956; Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 106-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Samoyed Region, Russian North
- NotesAdditional notes
- Prepared by the members of the faculty and staff of Indiana University's Graduate Program in Uralic and Asian Studies. Author: Igor Kopytoff; Robert Mayfield, cartographer; Ruth C. Heffner, editor; Thomas A. Sebok, principal investigator
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57042890
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Samoyeds
- Soviet Arctic
- Acculturation, Native Peoples