An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians

Opler, Morris E.

ISBN 10: 0803286104 / ISBN 13: 9780803286108

Published by Bison Books, 1996

About this Item

Clean Pages. Dog ear bends to pages / cover. Ex-Library with usual markings, stamps and / or stickers. Pages edges soiled. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Slight edge wear and bumping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803286104
• ISBN 13: 9780803286108
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Originally published in 1941, An Apache Life-Way remains one of the most important and innovative studies of southwestern Native Americans, drawing upon a rich and invaluable body of data gathered by the ethnographer Morris Edward Opler during the 1930s. Blending the analysis of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this landmark study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, social life, and economy of the Chiricahua Apache. Opler traces, in fascinating detail, how a person “becomes an Apache,” beginning with conception, moving through puberty rites, marriage, and the various religious, domestic, and military duties and experiences of adulthood, and concluding with the rites and beliefs surrounding death.

About the Author

Morris Edward Opler is Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Charles R. Kaut is Associate Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Virginia.