For those who have neither specialized training nor time to read extensively about southwestern Indian cultures, this book provides an authoritative introduction. Covered here are history and contemporary tribal affairs, arts and crafts, changing lifeways, and cultural and social characteristics that set apart each Indian group in the Southwest.
From their emergence in the New World centuries ago, through their evolution into contemporary Native Americans, the Indians of the American Southwest have endured the hardships of a desert land and hostilities with those who would usurp it and annihilate their culture. They now face the challenge of maintaining an ancient system of beliefs and a separate identity while coexisting in the modern world with peoples whose philosophy and way of life are very different. In American Indians of the Southwest, anthropologist Bertha P. Dutton combines an interdisciplinary approach with the kind of wisdom and knowledge gained only after years of research and experience to tell us their story.
Her comprehensive account of each group of native southwestern Indians includes those who no longer exist or who have merged with other groups. She skillfully guides us through prehistory and history, to contemporary Indian life and issues. But the book is more than a compendium of Indian history and culture; it is a remarkable and sympathetic appreciation for the unique lifeways of these native peoples of the Southwest.
Bertha P. Dutton was a distinguished anthropologist of the American Southwest. Her fieldwork and publications on the archaeology and ethnology of Southwestern and Meso-American Indians spanned fifty years.
Author(s): Bertha Pauline Dutton
Edition: 2
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Year: 1983
Language: English
Commentary: Revised, enlarged edition of 'Indians of the American Southwest' (1975)
Pages: 324
City: Albuquerque
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American Indians of the Southwest
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Note to the New Edition
Acknowledgments
Linguistic Notes
Maps
Major Indian Reservations of the Southwest
Northern Rio Grande Pueblos, New Mexico
Southern Utes and Colorado River Indians
The Papago Indian Reservation, Southern Arizona
1. Who and Where
Physical Aspects of the American Indians
The Land and the Aboriginal Inbabitants
Development of Socio-Religious Patterns
2. The Pueblo Peoples
Brief History
The “Privileged People” Myth
Cultural Characteristics
General Appearance
Location and Population
Languages
Social Organization
The Canes of Office
The Tanoans
Tiwa (Tigua) Indians
Tewa Indians
Towa Indians
The Keresans
The Zunian People
The Hopi Groups
Open Ceremonials
3. The Athabascans
The Interjacent Peoples: Early History
Cultural Characteristics
Habitat and Social Organization
Origins of Band Names
The Navajo Indians
Brief History
The Navajo Nation
Physical Appearance and Attire
Contemporary Life
Hopi-Navajo Land Disputes
Navajo Ceremonies
Off-Reservation Navajo Groups
The Apache Indians
Brief History
The Chiricahua and Mescalero
The Jicarilla
The Western Apaches
Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies
4. The Ute Indians
Brief History
The Modern Ute Peoples
Traditional Observances
Recent Reorganization
The Ute Mountain Ute
The Southern Ute
The Northern Ute
Ute Beliefs and Ceremonies
5. The Southern Paiute
The Paiute Indians
The Chemehuevi Indians
6. The Rancheria Peoples
The Colorado River Indian Tribes
The Fort Mohave Reservation
The Mohave People
The Yuman (Quechan) People
The Cocopah People
The Pai
“The People”: One Ethnic Group
The Havasupai (Eastern Pai)
The Hualapai or Walapai (Western Pat)
The Salt River Indian Agency
The Salt River Reservation
The Pima-Maricopa Community
The Yavapai Indians
The Yavapat-Apache and Mohave-Apache
The “Payson Apache” (Tonto Apache)
The Pimans
Brief History
The Calendar
The Pima (The River People)
The Papago (The Desert People)
The Maricopa, Movers By Choice
Maricopa Arts
Farming
The Cahitans
The Yaqui Indians
7. Arts and Crafts
Basketry and Weaving
Pottery
Jewelry
Paintings
Katsina Figures
Indian Markets and Exhibits
Calendar of Annual Indian Events
New Mexico Indian Population
Arizona Indian Reservation Population
Bibliography
Index
