Book

Klamath personalities: ten Rorschach case studies

Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas • Published In 1963 • Pages:

By: Clifton, James A., Levine, David.

Abstract

In this report on the highly acculturated Klamath Reservation Indians of south-eastern Oregon the results of Rorschach tests on ten different persons are discussed. Test results as well as general observation indicate a marked reservedness and restraint in interpersonal relations - with fellow Indians as well as with Whites - as characteristic for these Indians. In the course of acculturation the extended family household with shared property and division of labor has given way to the nuclear family household with a strictly individualized property system and minimal cooperativness. Personal relations between the members of the generally rather unstable nuclear family are also marked by considerable constraint. The authors make it clear that present-day Reservation culture bears little resemblence to the original Klamath culture, and that the present-day Klamath personality type can not be equated with the personality types of pre-contact Klamath society.

HRAF PubDate

1998

Region

North America

Sub Region

Plains and Plateau

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Types

Ethnologist

Psychologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sigrid Khera ; Sarah T. Bridges ; 1971

Field Date

1958-1959

Coverage Date

1958-1959

Coverage Place

Klamath County, Oregon, United States

Notes

by James A. Clifton, Ph.D. and David Levine, Ph.D.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80)

LCCN

67006937

LCSH

Klamath Indians