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Changing configurations in the social organization of a Blackfoot tribe during the reserve period (the Blood of Alberta, Canada)Book 1966 • Goldfrank, Esther Schiff
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph focuses on the changes wrought in the economy and in the social and religious institutions of the Blood of Alberta since their confinement to a reservation in 1877. It contains detailed consideration of the relative ranking of various ...'Old Man' and the father image in Blood (Blackfoot) societyessay 1967 • Goldfrank, Esther Schiff
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
Esther Goldfrank argues that the emergence of the 'Old Man' creator figure in Blackfoot mythology as a malevolent trickster represents the means by which unprivileged (non-minipoka) or neglected sons express their normally repressed feelings of aggre...Irrigation agriculture and Navaho communitybook chapter 1945 • Goldfrank, Esther Schiff
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a strong argument for the theory that the Navajo have been sedentary agriculturists since historic times. Pursuing this thesis, the author, an anthropologist, discusses the degree of community cooperation and the emergence of leaders as a res...Adoption practices of the Blood Indians of Alberta, Canadaarticle 1974 • Lismer, Marjorie & Goldfrank, Esther Schiff
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article provides an extensive analysis of several distinct types of adoption practices among the Blood Indians. In the course of describing these practices, Lismer contributes insights into Blackfoot notions of kin and family relationships which...