Book
The Apache continuum: an analysis of continuity through change in San Carlos Apache culture and society
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Perry, Richard John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation was supported by fieldwork on the San Carlos Reservation in 1963 and 1970. It investigates the dynamic adaptive aspects of Western Apache society. Perry provides as context an over view of southern Athabaskan cultures from their departure from sub-arctic woodlands to their diversification in the Southwest, as well as a history of pre-reservation culture and society of the Western Apache. As analysis of the modern San Carlos community, noting the traditional continuities, modifications and interactions with federal government, emphasizes the federal government's involvement via the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Public Health Service. The relocation program is used as an example to illustrate the relationship of the San Carlos Apaches with the federal government. Finally, the flexible qualities of Western Apache social organization are analyzed, postulating that extant social forms are able to transform potentially disruptive external factors in order to perpetuate the culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- Delgra Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963 (June-Sept.); 1970 (Sept-Dec.)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1848-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Community of San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard John Perry
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Syracuse University, 1971
- UM 72-11, 857
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians