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Note on Western Apache religious and social organization

American anthropologist61Published In 1959 • Pages: 99-102

By: Kaut, Charles R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
As the title implies, this article contains a few bits of disparate information on Western Apache religious practices and social organization. Included are notes about: the role of clans in curing ceremonies; Apache funeral practices in relation to ideas about the soul; and, the number of divisions in the phratry system.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Clans
Phratries
Death
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
Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1953-1954
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cibecue Apache, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Charles R.Kaut
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015424
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Western Apache Indians