Book

The Cibecue Apache

Holt, Rinehart and WinstonNew YorkPublished In 1970 • Pages: xvi, 106

By: Basso, Keith H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic account of the modern day Apache of Cibecue on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The first part of the book is devoted to summaries of the pre- and post-reservation social organization, including discussions of social units, kinship termnology and behavior, and marriage patterns. The rest of the book is devoted to an exposition of Apache religious beliefs and practices. Ideas about power and its acquisition, curing ceremonies, girls' puberty ceremonies, witchcraft and Christian missionaries are topics covered in the latter part of the book. It should be noted that the author did some 25 months worth of field work over the years 1960-1969 and could speak the native language.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sorcery
Magical and mental therapy
Sacred objects and places
Missions
Puberty and initiation
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1980
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1960-1969
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
pre-1870 - 1969
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
community of Cibecue on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by Keith H. Basso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
70100384
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Western Apache Indians