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The Light Gray People

An Ethno-History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico

By: Nancy McGown Minor

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The Light Gray People

An Ethno-History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico

By: Nancy McGown Minor

Lipan Apache culture was studied by Morris Opler, one of the most eminent anthropologists of the twentieth century, but many questions remain. This book seeks to complete a comparative analysis of traditional Lipan Apache culture, combining information from Opler's theories with the insights of four eighteenth and nineteenth century observers.

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0761848541

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Turning Adversity to Advantage

A History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico, 1700-1900

By: Nancy McGown Minor

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A History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico, 1700-1900

By: Nancy McGown Minor

This book tells the story of the Lipan Apaches, once one of the largest and most aggressive tribes of the Rio Grande region. The story of the history of the Lipan Apaches is a tale of survival and preservation in the face of incredible challenges.

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0761848584

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The Light Gray People

An Ethno-History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico

By: Nancy McGown Minor

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The Light Gray People

An Ethno-History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico

By: Nancy McGown Minor

Although Lipan Apache culture was studied by one of the most eminent anthropologists of the twentieth century, many important questions remain. What is the meaning of the tribal name Lipan? Did Morris Opler's 1935 study of historical Lipan culture conform to practices seen by eighteenth century Spaniards? Only four in situ observations of Lipan Apache culture survive - observations made by a Spanish priest, a Spanish military officer, a Swiss botanist and an Anglo captive. Each source reveals fascinating insights into a hitherto unseen world of Lipan beliefs and practices. The sources reported, for example, that the Lipans were able to predict both solar and lunar eclipses, a practice which went far beyond the vision quest posited by Opler. The Light Gray People seeks to complete a comparative analysis of traditional Lipan Apache culture, as seen through the eyes of four eighteenth and nineteenth century observers and Morris Opler's theories.

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Turning Adversity to Advantage

A History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico, 1700-1900

By: Nancy McGown Minor

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A History of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and Northern Mexico, 1700-1900

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0761848592

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Chevato

The Story of the Apache Warrior who Captured Herman Lehmann

By: William Chebahtah,Nancy McGown Minor

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Chevato

The Story of the Apache Warrior who Captured Herman Lehmann

By: William Chebahtah,Nancy McGown Minor

Here is the oral history of the Apache warrior Chevato, who captured eleven-year-old Herman Lehmann from his Texas homestead in May 1870. Lehmann called him ?Bill Chiwat? and referred to him as both his captor and his friend. Chevato provides a Native American point of view on both the Apache and Comanche capture of children and specifics regarding the captivity of Lehmann known only to the Apache participants. Yet the capture of Lehmann was only one episode in Chevato?s life. ø Born in Mexico, Chevato was a Lipan Apache whose parents had been killed in a massacre by Mexican troops. He and his siblings fled across the Rio Grande and were taken in by the Mescalero Apaches of New Mexico. Chevato became a shaman and was responsible for introducing the Lipan form of the peyote ritual to both the Mescalero Apaches and later to the Comanches and the Kiowas. He went on to become one of the founders of the Native American Church in Oklahoma. ø The story of Chevato reveals important details regarding Lipan Apache shamanism and the origin and spread of the type of peyote rituals practiced today in the Native American community. This book also provides a rare glimpse into Lipan and Mescalero Apache life in the late nineteenth century, when the Lipans faced annihilation and the Mescaleros faced the reservation.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803210973

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