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SOME PROBLEMS IN THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE CROW AND VILLAGE INDIANS

SOME PROBLEMS IN THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE CROW AND VILLAGE INDIANS LOWIE] ETHNOLOGY OF T H E CROW A N D VILLAGE I N D I A N S performed by the Arapaho,‘ Gros Ventres12C h e ~ e n n eand, accord,~ ing to the present writer’s informants in the field, by the Santee. Accordingly, it would not be justifiable to conclude that, because the Mandan and Hidatsa obtained their Hot dance from the Arikara, the latter must have originated the performance in question. A consideration of the older literature on the Arikara--especially of Maximilian’s and Brackenridge’s notes, and of Clark’s data in The Indian Sign Language-might lead to the question whether the Arikara are to be credited with the development of the age-class system that characterizes Mandan and Hidatsa military societies. However, a series of interviews with one of the best Arikara informants now living has convinced me that that system did not exist among his people, though, singly considered, the military organizations o the Arikara reveal some analogies with the corresponding f societies of neighboring tribes. So far, then, as this group of societies is concerned, the influence of the Arikara, if exerted a t all, must have been confined to single societies or ceremonial details. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Anthropologist Wiley

SOME PROBLEMS IN THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE CROW AND VILLAGE INDIANS

LOWIE, ROBERT H.
American Anthropologist , Volume 14 (1) – Jan 3, 1912
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1912 American Anthropological Association
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0002-7294
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10.1525/aa.1912.14.1.02a00030
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LOWIE] ETHNOLOGY OF T H E CROW A N D VILLAGE I N D I A N S performed by the Arapaho,‘ Gros Ventres12C h e ~ e n n eand, accord,~ ing to the present writer’s informants in the field, by the Santee. Accordingly, it would not be justifiable to conclude that, because the Mandan and Hidatsa obtained their Hot dance from the Arikara, the latter must have originated the performance in question. A consideration of the older literature on the Arikara--especially of Maximilian’s and Brackenridge’s notes, and of Clark’s data in The Indian Sign Language-might lead to the question whether the Arikara are to be credited with the development of the age-class system that characterizes Mandan and Hidatsa military societies. However, a series of interviews with one of the best Arikara informants now living has convinced me that that system did not exist among his people, though, singly considered, the military organizations o the Arikara reveal some analogies with the corresponding f societies of neighboring tribes. So far, then, as this group of societies is concerned, the influence of the Arikara, if exerted a t all, must have been confined to single societies or ceremonial details.

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Published: Jan 3, 1912

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