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An Apache life-way; the economic, social, and religious institutions of the Chiricahua Indians.

Summary:

Attempts to convey an appreciation of first awareness to the culture, of initial contacts with its precepts, of the steady pressure by which it shapes its carriers, and of the adjustments to its demands, obligations, and satisfactions which the individual accepts.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xvii, 500 pages illustrations, map 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, Cooper Square Publishers, 1965 [©1941]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-482).
Formatted Contents Note:
Location and historical sketch -- Childhood -- maturation -- Social relations of adults -- Folk beliefs, medial practice, and shamanism -- Maintenance of the household -- Marital and sexual life -- The round of life -- Political organization and status -- Death, mourning and the underworlsd.
Subject:
Apache Indians > Social life and customs.
Apache Indians > Social life and customs.
Apache Indians.
Chiricahua Indians.
Indians of North America.
Ethnology > North America.
Chiricahua Apache > Apache Indians > Folk Medicine - Apache

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 99 .A6 S7 O65 1965 262878 Stacks Available -