This evenhanded history of the Jicarilla Apache tribe of New Mexico highlights their long history of cultural adaptation and changeboth to new environments and cultural traits. Concentrating on the modern era, 18461970, Veronica Tiller, herself a Jicarilla Apache, tells of the tribes economic adaptations and relations with the United States government.
Originally published in 1983, this revised edition updates the account of the Jicarilla experience, documenting the significant economic, political, and cultural changes that have occurred as the tribe has exercised ever greater autonomy in...
This evenhanded history of the Jicarilla Apache tribe of New Mexico highlights their long history of cultural adaptation and changeboth to new environ...
Written for high school students and general readers alike, Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians links the storied past of the Apaches with contemporary times. It covers modern-day Apache culture and customs for all eight tribes in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma since the end of the Apache wars in the 1880s.
Highlighting tribal religion, government, social customs, lifestyle, and family structures, as well as arts, music, dance, and contemporary issues, the book helps readers understand Apaches today, countering stereotypes based on the 18th- and 19th-century...
Written for high school students and general readers alike, Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians links the storied past of the Apaches ...
