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Pages: 189
Authors: Keith H. Basso
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This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apa
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Pages: 146
Authors: Keith H. Basso
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979-08-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collect
Big Sycamore Stands Alone
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Ian W. Record
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-20 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Western Apaches have long regarded the corner of Arizona encompassing Aravaipa Canyon as their sacred homeland. This book examines the evolving relationship bet
Don't Let the Sun Step Over You
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Eva Tulene Watt
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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When the Apache wars ended in the late nineteenth century, a harsh and harrowing time began for the Western Apache people. Living under the authority of nervous
The Aztec Kings
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Susan D. Gillespie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-18 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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Winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Book Award from the American Society for Ethnohistory, The Aztec Kings is the first major study to take into account the