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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.
Abstract
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'.
- Subjects
- Hunting and trapping
- Preservation and storage of food
- Agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Ethnogeography
- culture
- Jicarilla Apache
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1934-1935
- Coverage Date
- 1850
- Coverage Place
- Southwestern United States
- Notes
- Morris E. Opler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-329)
- LCCN
- 47005758
- LCSH
- Jicarilla Indians