ISBN:
0-8061-1999-3
,
978-0-8061-1999-1
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 273 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
The _Civilization of the American Indian Series volume 177
Keywords:
USA Indianer, Südwesten
;
Westliche Apache
;
Soziales Leben
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Wirtschaftsethnologie
;
Anthropologie, soziale
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
At one time the Apaches were the most feared Indians of the Southwest, and for good reason: They were fierce, swift, and clever. They could hide and not be seen; they could run and not leave a trail. Not until they were subdued and herded onto reservations by the United States Army did Mexican and Anglo-American settlers feel safe, and sometimes not even then.But what were the Apaches like at home in their daily activities? How did they wrest a living from their seemingliy hostile environment? Anthropologist Winfred Buskirk answers this question in this detailed study of the Western Apache subsistence economy.Basically, Western Apache livelihood consisted for farming, hunting, and gathering wild foods. Buskirk discusses each in its many ramifications to present a thorough and balanced view of these aboriginal Native Americans. He shows them to be a helfpul and caring people who lived well off the land. There was plenty of food most of the time, and the Apaches always stored winter and emergency supplies in scattered caches.Not overlooked are ritual and belief, the strong religious pillars of Western Apache society, nor does Buskirk fail to discuss family and band relationships in their immediate and larger context. The resultant overview is one of a Indian nation that has subsisted on the same basic economic foundation since at least the middle of the seventeenth century. It is the only such study in print today. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Agriculture -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Foods -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-256"This book originated in 1949 as a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of New Mexico." (Seite xiii)
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