Book
The social organization of the Western Apache
The University of Chicago Press • Chicago, Ill. • Published In 1942 • Pages: xx, 701
By: Goodwin, Grenville, Goodwin, Janice Thompson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document offers rich data on a number of aspects of Western Apache life as it describes the various levels of group affiliation. Abundant material is provided on the clans, on marriage patterns, and on kin relationships and terminology. In addition there is considerable discussion of styles of humor, personal names, division of labor by age and sex, formal and informal means of social control, the role of the chief, and patterns of change.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- Book
- 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
- Jan Simpson ; Marlene Martin
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- prehistory - 1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fort Apache Indian Reservation and San Carlos Indian Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Grenville Goodwin
- Prepared for publication by the wife and colleagues of the author. cf. p. xvi
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 42011483
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians