Book
Apache odyssey: a journey between two worlds
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1969 • Pages: 18, 301
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the life history of a Mescalero Apache who was in his mid-fifties when the account was taken. Opler stresses, in his introduction, that Chris is a person who is living in two worlds. A great deal of miscellaneous information is included. The source as a whole, however, is primarily concerned with shamanism and supernatural power.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Life history materials
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mescalero Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Morris E. Opler
- Table of Contents: Part One - The cultural and historical background; Part Two - Chris's life story: 1. Child of the vanquished; 2. Following two trails; 3. Unsettled years; 4. Search unended.
- Consists chiefly of the autobiographical narrative of Chris, a Mescalero Apache Indian, with introductory material and notes by M. E. Opler
- Category 159 was used only for specific psychological information about the author.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-295)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79081690
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians--Biography
- Apache Indians--Biography