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Chiricahua Apache Enduring Power
Trudy Griffin-Pierce
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Paperback. Reveals the conflicting meanings of power held by the federal government and the Chiricahua Apaches throughout their history of interaction. This narrative is a tribute to the Chiricahua people, who survive, despite military efforts to annihilate them, government efforts to subjugate them, and social efforts to destroy their language and culture. Series: Contemporary American Indian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
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 the very heart of tribal cultural life and spiritual strength. This narrative is a tribute to the Chiricahua people, who survive ... Read more
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 the very heart of tribal cultural life and spiritual strength. This narrative is a tribute to the Chiricahua people, who survive ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817353674
SKU
V9780817353674
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About Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Trudy Griffin-Pierce is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and author of four books about American Indians, including Native Peoples of the Southwest. She is of Catawba Indian descent and was born in South Carolina, although Arizona has been her home since 1971.
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