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Chiricahua Apache enduring power : Naiche's puberty ceremony paintings /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffin-Pierce, Trudy, 1949-2009 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Colección:Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.