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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Title:
Chippewa customs
Published By: Original publisher
Washington: U.S. Govt. print. off.. 1929. xii, 209 p.,
plates ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Frances Densmore
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Ojibwa (NG06)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of almost all aspects of the material
culture of the Chippewa. The author visited the people for the purpose of studying tribal
songs, and this collection of data concerning their customs was gathered during their
research. Her study was conducted on Chippewa reservations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
Ontario, and here she presents a well organized account of Chippewa customs.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
5
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
ng06-005
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and
index
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1905-1925
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1998
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1905-1925
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Central Ojibwa: Minnesota, Wisconsin, United
States ; Ontario, Canada
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ojibwa Indians
