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Myths and tales of the White Mountain ApacheBook 1939 • Goodwin, Grenville
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a 'fairly complete' (p.v) collection of White Mountain Apache myths and tales. Goodwin prefaces the collection with an analytic discussion that makes no distinction between mythology a...White Mountain Apache religionarticle 1938 • Goodwin, Grenville
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this article Goodwin presents a descriptive overview of the religion of the White Mountain Apache. Included are descriptions of not only shamanism, ritual and prayer, but also of cosmogony ...A comparison of Navaho and White Mountain Apache ceremonial forms and categoriesbook chapter 1945 • Goodwin, Grenville
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This paper was originally presented orally at a conference in 1939 by the author, an ethnological student of the Apache. After his death, the Navajo specialists, Clyde Kluckhohn and Leland C. ...The social organization of the Western ApacheBook 1942 • Goodwin, Grenville & Goodwin, Janice Thompson
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document offers rich data on a number of aspects of Western Apache life as it describes the various levels of group affiliation. Abundant material is provided on the clans, on marriage pa...A native religious movement among the White Mountain and Cibecue Apachearticle 1954 • Goodwin, Grenville & Kaut, Charles R.
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article is based on a narrative delivered by Neil Buck, an Apache. It describes in detail one of the three major religious movements which have taken place (1903-1907) since reservation l...Western Apache raiding and warfareBook 1971 • Goodwin, Grenville & Basso, Keith H., 1940
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
Despite the abundant literature on the Western Apache, few non-Indian writers have really taken the time to try to understand the way of life of the people, and even fewer still have attempted...