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Western Apache
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 462-488
By: Basso, Keith H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document Basso presents a culture summary of some of the major features of Western Apache ethnography, ranging in time from the pre 1400 period to approximately 1969. Topic include language and territory, prehistory and early history, subsistence, social organization, marriage, leadership, raiding and warfare, religion and world view, socio-cultural change, reservations, education, and missionary influence on the Western Apache.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- 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
- essay
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- 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
- pre 1400 - ca. 1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Keith H. Basso
- For bibliographical references see document 55: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians