| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 185 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Contemporary American Indian studies |
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Contemporary American Indian studies.
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| Contents |
Ethnographic and historic background of the Chiricahua Apaches -- Military conquest as a physical, psychological, and symbolic event -- Exile and the construction of cultural identity -- Pratt and the Carlisle Boarding School -- The art of American Indian prisoners of war -- The Chiricahua Apache girl's puberty ceremony and Naiche's hide paintings |
| Summary |
A gripping story of the cultural resilience of the descendants of Geronimo and Cochise. This book reveals the conflicting meanings of power held by the federal government and the Chiricahua Apaches throughout their history of interaction. When Geronimo and Naiche, son of Cochise, surrendered in 1886, their wartime exploits came to an end, but their real battle for survival was only beginning. Throughout their captivity in Florida, Alabama, and Oklahoma, Naiche kept alive Chiricahua spiritual power by embodying it in his beautiful hide paintings of the Girl's Puberty Ceremony - a ritual at |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Naiche, approximately 1857-1921.
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Naiche, approximately 1857-1921 |
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Chiricahua Indians -- Biography
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Chiricahua Indians -- Social life and customs
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Chiricahua Indians -- Government relations
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Indian art -- Southwest, New
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Puberty rites -- Southwest, New
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Chiricahua Indians
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Chiricahua Indians -- Social life and customs
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Indian art
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Puberty rites
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New Southwest
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817381349 |
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0817381341 |
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0817315446 |
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9780817315443 |
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