Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family - Couverture souple

Boyer, Ruth McDonald; Gayton, Narcissus Duffy

 
9780806129228: Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0806129220 ISBN 13 : 9780806129228
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997

Synopsis


Apache Mothers and Daughters, an illustrated family history of four generations of Chiricahua Apache women from 1848 to the present, is an eloquent testimonial to the strength and the stamina of Apache women. Over the course of thirty-five years, anthropologist Ruth McDonald Boyer collected the remembrances of Narcissus Duffy Gayton, great-great-granddaughter of the Apache chief Victorio. This intimate record of Apache life, told from an Apache perspective, highlights the key roles women play in tribal life.

The story begins with Dilth-cheyhen, Victorio's daughter, whose life encompassed much of the traditional cultures of the Tchi-hèné band of the Chiricahua Apaches. Her daughter, Beshád-e, was just sixteen in 1886 when the twenty-seven-year incarceration of the Chiricahuas began. Beshád-e and her family were forced to move to Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, and then New Mexico, where the Mescalero Apaches remain today. When Beshád-e's daughter Christine died of tuberculosis in her twenties, she left her daughter Narcissus in Beshád-e's care. After struggling to complete her education, Narcissus returned to serve her tribe as a registered nurse and an advocate for health care.

This account documents rituals such as the puberty rite and the cradle-making ceremony, the importance of religion (traditional as well as Anglo) in Apache life, and the intense bond between Apache mothers and daughters.

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À propos des auteurs

Ruth McDonald Boyer was Professor Emerita in the California College of Arts and Crafts and Research Associate in the Boyer Research Institute.

Narcissus Duffy Gayton, a registered nurse and director of the Mescalero Apache Reservation's Community Health Representative Program, also served as a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribal Council.

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Éditeur
University of Oklahoma Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0806129220
ISBN 13 
9780806129228
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780806124476: Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0806124474 ISBN 13 :  9780806124476
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1992
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