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A Jicarilla Apache Expedition and Scalp Dance
Journal of American folklore • 54 • Published In 1941 • Pages: 10-23
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
Abstract
Told to the author by an elderly Jicarilla Apache, this translated tale concerns the instigation of war, details participating groups, and the aftermath of the war which includes a scalp-dance ceremony.
- Subjects
- Literary texts
- Verbal arts
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- culture
- Jicarilla Apache
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field Date
- 1934-1935
- Coverage Date
- 1935
- Coverage Place
- Jicarilla Apache Reservation; New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Morris Edward Opler
- LCCN
- 17028737
- LCSH
- Jicarilla Indians