The Apache Peoples: A History of All Bands and Tribes Through the 1880s

by Jessica Dawn Palmer

Overview

This book presents a comprehensive history of the seven Apache tribes, tracing them from their genetic origins in Asia and their migration through the continent to the Southwest. The work covers their social history, verbal traditions and mores. The final section delineates the recorded history starting with the Spanish expedition of 1541 through the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476601953
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	23 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jessica Dawn Palmer lectures on Native American culture and wildlife issues and is the author of 29 books. She lives in Colorado and works as a wildlife rehabilitator.
Jessica Dawn Palmer lectures on Native American culture and wildlife issues and is the author of 29 books. She lives in Colorado and works as a wildlife rehabilitator.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
 1. In the Land Before Time: The Prehistory of the Southwest
 2. Advent: The People and Their Arrival in the American Southwest
 3. From Athapascan to Apache: Tribes and Divisions
 4. Governance and Structure: The Family Unit and Governments of the Various Tribes and Bands
 5. Of Hunt and Harvest: Food Resources and Food Production
 6. Of Hearth and Home: Everyday Living and Everyday Things
 7. Families and Marriage: The Nuclear Family—Couples and Their Children
 8. Women’s Roles: The Puberty Rite and Women’s Responsibilities in Society
 9. Matters of Faith: The Supernatural and Relationships with the Divine
10. Rituals and Rites: The Powers and the Place of the Shaman in the Religious Environment
11. Witchcraft, Taboos and Rites of Death: Religion in Everyday Usage
12. Entertainments and Vices: Games, Play and Leisure-Time Activities
13. The Arts of War: The Training of the Young Warrior
14. Enmity and War: Raid and Warfare as Practiced Among the Apache
15. The Spanish Period: From 1541 to 1824
16. The Mexican-American Period: From 1828 to 1860
17. The Civil War: From 1860 to 1865
18. Indeh—From People to Ghosts: The Dissolution from Free Peoples to Reservations
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index