Jessica Dawn Palmer

The Apache Peoples

A History of All Bands and Tribes Through the 1880s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780786445516
• ISBN-10: 0786445513
• Artikelnr.: 36596315

Autorenporträt

Jessica Dawn Palmer lectures on Native American culture and wildlife issues and is the author of 29 books. She lives in Colorado and works as a wildlife rehabilitator.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction
1.
In the Land Before Time: The Prehistory of the Southwest
2.
Advent: The People and Their Arrival in the American Southwest
3.
From Athapascan to Apache: Tribes and Divisions
4.
Governance and Structure: The Family Unit and Governments of the Various Tribes and Bands
5.
Of Hunt and Harvest: Food Resources and Food Production
6.
Of Hearth and Home: Everyday Living and Everyday Things
7.
Families and Marriage: The Nuclear Family-Couples and Their Children
8.
Women's Roles:
The Puberty Rite and Women's Responsibilities in Society
9.
Matters of Faith: The Supernatural and Relationships with the Divine 10.
Rituals and Rites: The Powers and the Place of the Shaman in the Religious Environment 11.
Witchcraft, Taboos and Rites of Death:
Religion in Everyday Usage 12.
Entertainments and Vices: Games, Play and Leisure-Time Activities 13.
The Arts of War: The Training of the Young Warrior 14.
Enmity and War:
Raid and Warfare as Practiced Among the Apache 15.
The Spanish Period:
From 1541 to 1824 16.
The Mexican-American Period:
From 1828 to 1860 17.
The Civil War:
From 1860 to 1865 18.
Indeh-From People to Ghosts: The Dissolution from Free Peoples to Reservations Chapter Notes Bibliography Index