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The Mescalero Apache quest for law and order

Journal of the West3Published In 1964 • Pages: 441-458

By: MacLachlan, Bruce B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains a discussion of the growth of Euro-American style police, courts, and judges among the Mescalero. It also contains information on the development of a code of laws and the kinds of crimes and offenses which were common at various times in reservation history. The time period covered is from ca. 1872-1960.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Comparative evidence
Acculturation and culture contact
External relations
Chief executive
Ingroup antagonisms
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mescalero Apache
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
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.
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
Marlene Martin ; Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1959-1960
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 Bruce B. MacLachlan
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
66084755
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mescalero Indians