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Hopi shamanismessay 1994 • Levy, Jerrold E.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this paper Levy attempts two major goals "…first, to reevaluate the data relevant to the nature and extent of the differences in shamanistic beliefs and practices that existed between the Hopis and the various other Pueblo groups, and second, to e...The fate of Navajo twinsarticle 1964 • Levy, Jerrold E.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This brief communication examines Navajo conceptions of twins based on an examination of hospital and vital records coupled with primary field work. The researcher concludes that, although mythology accounts for the generally accepted conclusion abou...Community organization of the Western Navajoarticle 1962 • Levy, Jerrold E.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article attempts to '…arrive at some definition of the concept 'community' which fits the social reality of the present day Western Navajos' (p. 781). The concepts of clan, camp, and outfit are used to examine three anthropological definitions o...Changing burial practices of the Western Navajoarticle 1978 • Levy, Jerrold E.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this article, Levy documents the changes in Navajo burial practices. Traditional practices were marked by the absence of public ceremony. The corpse was disposed of quickly and home abandoned to insure minimal contact with the dead for fear of mis...Orayvi revisitedBook 1992 • Levy, Jerrold E. & Pepper, Barbara
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
The major aim of this work is to examine social stratification among the Hopi, first by viewing it as a source of internal contradiction in the society, and then by evaluating its role in the disintegration of the village of Oraibi (Orayvi) during th...Notes on some White Mountian Apache social pathologiesarticle 1969 • Levy, Jerrold E. & Kunitz, Stephen J.
Western Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article is a preliminary discussion of the authors' study of 'social pathologies' -- alcoholism, homicide, and suicide -- among the Western Apache. Based on records and published materials, the authors' findings indicate that, compared to the re...Alcoholic cirrhosis among the Navahoarticle 1969 • Kunitz, Stephen J. et al.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article presents '…an attempt to use the incidence of and the death rates due to Laennec's cirrhosis as a relatively direct gauge of high alcohol intake among the Navaho…' (p. 673). Data gathered from hospital records were used to compile statis...The epidemiology of alcoholic cirrhosis in two southwestern Indian tribesarticle 1971 • Kunitz, Stephen J. et al.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article considers contrasting drinking patterns among the Hopi and the Navajo as an explanatory factor in differences in cirrhosis rates between the two tribes. The authors contend that it is not so much acculturation stress which is the cause o...