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Jicarilla Apache Territory, Economy, and Society in 1850
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 27 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 309-329
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a brief ethnographic study of the Jicarilla Apache as they existed around 1850 -- the time when United States’ political control over the tribe was established. Based on published sources plus the data from his own field work, Opler traces the approximate range of the Jicarilla at this time and describes how the major social units -- the two bands (eastern and western) as well as the many local groups -- functioned within this area. The relationship between land use (e.g., hunting, fishing, gathering, agriculture) and population distribution in the region is then discussed with a particular focus on agricultural practices. An explanation of why there is little information on Jicarilla agriculture in the literature and how that contributes to many misconceptions regarding their economic and social life is offered by the author as: '...military pressures, in part stimulated by the American westward advance, which disrupted Jicarilla culture even before United States political control was established'.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Preservation and storage of food
- Agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Ethnogeography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jicarilla Apache
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris E. Opler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-329)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jicarilla Indians