Book

The Western Apache: living with the land before 1950

University of Oklahoma Press177 • Published In 1986 • Pages: xiv, 273

By: Buskirk, Winfred.

Abstract
The focus of this book is the depiction of Western Apache lifeways during the pre-reservation period (prior to the 1870s). The ethnographic data were gathered from the memory accounts of informants and supplemented with information from the published literature. Although most of the cultural information presented in this document refers specifically to the Cibecue and White Mountain Apache groups, these data will be found generally applicable to all of the Western Apache people. The basic descriptive section of this study presents in detail the fundamental aspects of Western Apache subsistence economy (agriculture, hunting, and gathering) and related material culture such as the procurement, processing, storage and preparation of foods, as well as associated rituals, beliefs, social implications, and attitudes concerning these phases of culture (p. 3). In addition to the above, Buskirk also describes culture changes that have taken place among the Western Apache in the post-reservation period (ca. 1870s - 1950).
Subjects
Collecting
Hunting and trapping
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Food preparation
Diet
culture
Western Apache
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2000
Field Date
1939, 1941, 1946-1948
Coverage Date
1800 - 1950
Coverage Place
Cibecue and White Mountain Apache, east central Arizona, United States
Notes
by Winfred Buskirk ; foreword by Morris E. Opler
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 1949
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index
LCCN
86040069
LCSH
Western Apache Indians