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Author:

Minor, Nancy McGown.

Title:

The light gray people : an ethno-history of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and northern Mexico / Nancy McGown Minor.

Publisher:

University Press of America,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi 188 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Lipan Indians--Texas--History.
Lipan Indians--Mexico, North--History.
Lipan Indians--Texas--Ethnic identity.
Lipan Indians--Mexico, North--Ethnic identity.
Lipan Indians--Texas--Social life and customs.
Lipan Indians--Mexico, North--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.

Contents:

Translation and meaning of the tribal name Lipan -- The origin of the Lipan Apaches -- The Zuazua history -- Early Lipan-Spanish contacts in Texas -- Physical appearance and manner of dress -- Lipan Apache material culture -- Lipan Apache economic culture : hunting and gathering -- Lipan Apache economic culture : the shadow trade economy -- Lipan Apache social culture : family, kinship and society -- Political organization : the Lipan band -- Political organization : the Lipan chief -- Lipan Apache raiding -- Captives -- Lipan Apache warfare -- Lipan Apache religion : overview -- Lipan Apache religion : mythic shamanism -- Lipan Apache religion : curative shamanism.

ISBN:

076184855X (eISBN)
9780761848554 (eISBN)
0761848541 (paperback : alk. paper)
9780761848547 (paperback : alk. paper)
0761848533 (clothbound : alk. paper)
9780761848530 (clothbound : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435421567

LCCN:

2009934373

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)