The Apache peoples : a history of all bands and tribes through the 1800s / Jessica Dawn Palmer

Author:: Palmer, Jessica Dawn
Published:: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description:: viii, 319 pages ; 26 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Prehistory of the Southwest -- The People and Their Arrival in the American Southwest -- Tribes and Divisions -- The Family Unit and Governments of the Various Tribes and Bands -- Food Resources and Food Production -- Everyday Living and Everyday Things -- The Nuclear Family-Couples and Their Children -- The Puberty Rite and Women's Responsibilities in Society -- The Supernatural and Relationships with the Divine -- The Powers and the Place of the Shaman in the Religious Environment -- Religion in Everyday Usage -- Games, Play and Leisure-Time Activities -- The Training of the Young Warrior -- Raid and Warfare as Practiced Among the Apache -- From 1541 to 1824 -- From 1828 to 1860 -- From 1860 to 1865 -- The Dissolution from Free Peoples to Reservations.

Summary:

"This book presents a comprehensive history of the seven Apache tribes, tracing them from their genetic origins in Asia and their migration through the continent to the Southwest. The work covers their social history, verbal traditions and mores. The final section delineates the recorded history starting with the Spanish expedition of 1541 through the Civil War"--

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ISBN:

9780786445516 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786445513 (softcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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