Book
The 'principal people,' 1960: a study of cultural and social groups of the Eastern Cherokee
U.S. Government Printing Office • (78) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 215-325
By: Kupferer, Harriet Jane.
Abstract
This work is a study of acculturation in the community of Cherokee, North Carolina, in 1960 and a test of the utility of Thomas's (1958) four-fold typology of acculturated groups among the Eastern Cherokee. Kupferer examines a range of behaviors, values and beliefs, including living conditions and lifestyle, hygiene, medical practices, adult attitudes towards education, students' classroom behavior, characteristics of interpersonal relations, adherence to traditional beliefs and practices related to magic and sorcery, conception of self and dominant values. Kupferer finds extensive variation in all of these areas and suggests a modification of Thomas's typology that recognizes two ideal types of acculturated groups for the Eastern Cherokee: 1) a relatively unacculturated group that has maintained traditional values, beliefs and practices and which she terms 'Conservative Cherokee' and 2) an acculturated group that is subdivided by distinctions based on wealth, lifestyle and educational aspirations and which she calls 'Modern Cherokee'.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; John Beierle ; 1987
- Field Date
- 1959-1960
- Coverage Date
- 1958-1963
- Coverage Place
- towns of Big Cove, Cherokee and Soco, Qualla Indian Reservation, North Carolina, United States
- Notes
- Harriet Jane Kupferer
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Cherokee Indians