Book
Ceremonial bundles of the Blackfoot Indians
The Trustees • 7 (2) • Published In 1912 • Pages: 1 l., 65-289
By: Wissler, Clark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph, based upon data collected by Wissler, augmented by interviews and narrative texts recorded by his native field assistant and interpreter, is an extremely detailed description of the Blackfoot medicine bundles and the associated ceremonials. Seven case histories of medicine experiences, or power-acquisition experiences, through visions and dreaming, are presented, followed by a careful description of the contents of each of the medicine bundles and of the related ceremonies. A concluding section discusses the various features or parts of the power and bundle acquisition and transfer ceremonies and the nature of ownership of such impersonal power and its physical representation in the bundles. An appendix follows with general notes and new data interpreted since the writing of the author's monograph series on the Blackfoot. Throughout the text and appendix, the author compares the Blackfoot to other Plains and Prairie societies, drawing conclusions about the origins of various ceremonial and material traits. The index included is for the entire monograph series.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Outbuildings
- Ornament
- Ritual
- Literary texts
- Preventive medicine
- Sacred objects and places
- Magicians and diviners
- Organized ceremonial
- Traditional history
- Revelation and divination
- Prehistory
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- 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
- Sarah T. Bridges ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1903-1911 (intermittent)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Montana, United States; southern Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clark Wissler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-284) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 15003016
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians