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Notes on some White Mountian Apache social pathologies
Plateau • 42 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 11-19
By: Levy, Jerrold E., Kunitz, Stephen J..
Abstract
This article is a preliminary discussion of the authors' study of 'social pathologies' -- alcoholism, homicide, and suicide -- among the Western Apache. Based on records and published materials, the authors' findings indicate that, compared to the rest of the nation, homicide rates are high, but that alcoholism (as measured by incidence of cirrhosis) may not be as great a problem as is often said. Further, they suggest that historical materials seeem to indicate that drinking, homicide, and suicide may be continuations of aboriginal patterns rather than post-reservation coping behaviors.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1980
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Indian Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- Notes
- By Jerrold E. Levy and Stephen J. Kunitz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 19)
- LCCN
- 32008235
- LCSH
- Western Apache Indians