book chapter
The medicine-men of the Apache
[s.n.] • Washington • Published In 1892 • Pages:
By: Bourke, John Gregory.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the Western Apache medicine-men, as observed by Bourke during the latter part of the 19th century '…while the tribe was still actively engaged in hostilities with the whites…' (p. 452). Much of the information in the source deals with the personalities of the medicine-men, their ceremonial regalia and powers (possessed or claimed). Throughout the document abundant cross-cultural references are made to other non-Apache groups not only in the southwestern United States but to other parts of the world as well. In addition to information on medicine-men, Bourke also included some interesting data on the use of 'hoddentin' or tule pollen in religious rituals and the 'izze-kloth' or medicine cord of the Apache. Although the document is fairly large in size, actual data on the Apache themselves are relatively scant, but when present, rather unique in nature.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- nineteenth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona and New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By John G. Bourke … On U.S. Bureau of American ethnology. Ninth annual report, 1887-88
- Cross-cultural data, when there is any relevance to the Apache, has been indexed only for Comparative Evidence (171) , otherwise when no cultural relevance could be found the material was not indexed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 596-603)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16005508
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians