Book
A social study of one hundred fifty Chippewa Indian families of the White Earth Reservation of Minnesota
The Catholic University of America Press • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1939 • Pages:
By: Hilger, M. Inez (Mary Inez).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This Ph.D. dissertation is a study of one hundred fifty Chippewa families with respect to the relationship of housing to social, economic and cultural conditions. The author gives information on the history and location of the White Earth Reservation Chippewa, their economic and social opportunities and some of their customs and material culture. Sister Hilger spent the summer of 1938 on the White Earth Reservation. The effects of a money economy on the Chippewa is discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Composition of population
- Ethos
- Cultural participation
- Settlement patterns
- Housing
- Dwellings
- Real property
- Standard of living
- Mode of marriage
- External relations
- Illegitimacy
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- 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
- Ada Farber
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938 (summer)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Sister M. Inez Hilger
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Catholic University of America, 1939
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-242) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 39030824
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians