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Chiricahua Apache
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 401-418
By: Opler, Morris Edward, Ortiz, Alfonso.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a succinct summary of Chiricahua ethnology, dating from approximately 1540 to about 1970. The text describes tribal territory and subdivisions, culture history, demography, political and social organization, subsistence, division of labor, the life cycle, and religion. A useful synonymy appears at the end of the document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Community heads
- Tribe and nation
- Hunting and trapping
- Extended families
- Community
- Puberty and initiation
- Burial practices and funerals
- Identification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chiricahua Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none (secondary material)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1890
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southwest United States; northern Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris E. Opler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Apache Indians