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The gift of Changing Woman

U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. (76)Published In 1966 • Pages: 113-173

By: Basso, Keith H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper describes in extensive detail the western Apache girl's puberty rite (NA IH ES) as performed by Apaches living on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The puberty rite is interwoven with an enactment of the Changing Woman myth. Also included is an analysis of the symbolic content of the puberty ceremonial and its functional relationship to Apache society.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Friendships
Kin relationships
Clans
Organized ceremonial
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
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Delgra Childs, John Beierle ; 1980
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1960, 1961 (summers)
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960-1961
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Community of Cibecue, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Keith H. Basso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38026823
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Western Apache Indians