Asch, Michael. Slavey

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records Asch, Michael

Title: Slavey

Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph Handbook of North American Indians. Subarctic. Vol. 6, edited by June Helm

Published By: Original publisher Handbook of North American Indians. Subarctic. Vol. 6, edited by June Helm Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G. P. O.. 1981. 338-349 p. ill., maps

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication Michael I. Asch

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2020. Computer File

Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis. Slavey (ND14)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Identification (101); Community structure (621); Hunting and trapping (224); Annual cycle (221); Inter-ethnic relations (629); Linguistic identification (197); External relations (648); External trade (439); Missions (797); Normal garb (291); Work in skins (281);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document This summary is largely a reconstruction of Slavey culture and society from early contact to assertion of government control early in the twentieth century. Topics covered include language, economic activities and the environment, clothing and material culture, social organization, the life cycle, religious life, and the effects of external contact.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 1

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. nd14-001

Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs. Essay

Language: Language that the document is written in English

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1969-1970

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 Anthropologist-4, 5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Teferi Abate Adem

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). 1789-1979

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) southwestern Northwest Territories, northeastern British Colombia and northwestern Alberta, Canada

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings Slavey Indians