Book
Being Comanche: a social history of an American Indian community
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Foster, Morris W. (Morris Wade).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book outlines the social history of Comanche from their earlier contact with European settlers in 1701, through decades of living on reserves, to the 1990s. It argues that the Comanches did not cease to 'being Comanche' despite government policy measures which sought to make them 'melt' into the Anglo-American mainstream culture. The book examines this continuity by focusing on the ways individual members of Comahche society adaptively related and interacted with one another in a variety of social situations such as ethnic gatherings, associations, family events, and community rituals and cultural celeberations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Total culture
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Community
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Comanche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1701-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris W. Foster
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-222) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91012781
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Comanche Indians