An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians

Originally published in 1941, An Apache Life-Way remains one of the most important and innovative studies of southwestern Native Americans, drawing upon a rich and invaluable body of data gathered by the ethnographer Morris Edward Opler during the 1930s. Blending the analysis of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this landmark study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, social life, and economy of the Chiricahua Apache. Opler traces, in fascinating detail, how a person "becomes an Apache," beginning with conception, moving through puberty rites, marriage, and the various religious, domestic, and military duties and experiences of adulthood, and concluding with the rites and beliefs surrounding death.

Author: Morris E. Opler
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 09/01/1996
Pages: 530
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.24w x 1.23d
ISBN: 9780803286108

About the Author
Morris Edward Opler is Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Charles R. Kaut is Associate Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Virginia.

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