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The matrifocal family among the Mescaleroarticle 1964 • Boyer, Ruth MacDonald
Mescalero Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source contains a discussion of the concept of the matrifocal family and the degree to which the concept may be applied to the Mescalero. Most of the data presented pertain to household composition, residence patterns, and the employment pattern...Effects of acculturation on the vicissitudes of the aggressive drive among the Apaches of the Mescalero Indian Reservationessay 1972 • Boyer, L. Bryce & Boyer, Ruth MacDonald
Mescalero Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
Using psychoanalytically oriented investigative interviews, Rorschach tests, and participant observation, the authors describe both aboriginal and modern techniques of socialization and their psychological implications. Their thesis is that 'earlier ...Shamanism and peyote use among the Apaches of the Mescalero Indian Reservationessay 1973 • Boyer, L. Bryce et al.
Mescalero Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
Boyer et al. examine peyote use among the Apache of the Mescalero Reservation, and more specifically attempt to explain why its use, as well as the shamanistic use of hallucinogens, has been abandoned. They conclude that the ascribed 'evil' nature of...