essay
Contemporary Pima
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 212-216
By: Pablo, Sally Giff.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Two different examples of present day Pima thought on government is presented in this article. The first perspective is expressed by Gov. Alexander Lewis, Sr., who has faced many issues involving both individual tribal members who lived in a modernistic world and the future of the tribe as a whole. The second view point is presented by Lester Lewis, an elderly spokesman for an organized segment of the population who viewed contemporary Pima life as a loss of old Pima ways and as an unwise use of land, water, and self-government. Governor Lewis emphasized education, industrialization, land leasing, and the continuation of a way of life the Pima obtained through daily interaction with a dominant outside culture over a period of years, while for Lester Lewis the true base of Pima life was and should be an aspect of the old ways which he refers to as 'lasting well-being'. The speeches of both men are presented in the text of this paper.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnosociology
- Oratory
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Public lectures
- Texts translated into english
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- O'odham
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- 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
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gila River Indian Reservation, Southcentral Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sally Giff Pablo
- Stock number: 047-000-00361-0
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tohono O'odham Indians