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The Western Apache clan system: its origins and developmentBook 1957 • Kaut, Charles R.
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This monograph is based on both primary field data and secondary materials. It describes the kinship organization of the Western Apache and attempts to reconstruct the historical development of this organization. The clan, phratry, and local groups a...Note on Western Apache religious and social organizationarticle 1959 • Kaut, Charles R.
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
As the title implies, this article contains a few bits of disparate information on Western Apache religious practices and social organization. Included are notes about: the role of clans in curing ceremonies; Apache funeral practices in relation to i...A native religious movement among the White Mountain and Cibecue Apachearticle 1954 • Goodwin, Grenville & Kaut, Charles R.
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article is based on a narrative delivered by Neil Buck, an Apache. It describes in detail one of the three major religious movements which have taken place (1903-1907) since reservation localization. The purpose, ceremonies (primarily dance) and...