Book: An Apache Life-way: The Economic, Social And Religious Institutions Of The Chiricahua Indians 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.
Details of Book: An Apache Life-way: The Economic, Social And Religious Institutions Of The Chiricahua Indians Book: An Apache Life-way: The Economic, Social And Religious Institutions Of The Chiricahua Indians
Author: Morris Edward Opler
ISBN: 143670250X
ISBN-13: 9781436702508
, 978-1436702508
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: Jun 2008
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Number of Pages: 548
Language: English