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Chiricahua Apaches and the assimilation movement, 1865-1886: a historical examination
American Indian law review • 30 (2) • Published In 2005 • Pages: 291-363
By: Ragsdale, John W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is divided into two articles, the first of which traces the history of the Chiricahua people and their intersection with the American Indian law and the policy of assimilation. This section examines the impact of assimilation on the tribe's native Southwestern homeland, and deals specifically with the early attempts at reservation, confinement and economic transformation. It also discusses the manipulation of law and property, resistance, escape and the massive military response, and concludes with the surrender of the insurgents, the removal of the tribe and the imprisonment in Florida. The second article deals with the harsh, repressive measures employed in the attempts at reeducating and remolding the captive people, their precipitous decline in health and spirit and their revival in Oklahoma. It also focuses on the return of the majority to the Southwest, the legal efforts to exact at least a modicum of monetary compensation, the revitalization of tribal government and sovereignty and the lives of some of the particular people who played on this singular stage of American life, history, law and morality (pp. 299-300).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Community heads
- Peacemaking
- 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
- article
- 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
- 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
- no date (secondary material)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1921
- 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
- John W. Ragsdale, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74643419
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Apache Indians