Apache Medicine Cérémonies Performed over the Daughter of C30

Description:

A young woman ailing with an unnamed malady undergoes two separate White Mountain Apache healing cérémonies before she dies at the conclusion of the last procedure. Traditional mortuary practices then ensue.

People:

Apache

Location Description:

Arizona AZ

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Death, Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions

Original Date:

1904

Creator:

Reagan, AB

Language:

English

Rights:

This item is in the Public Domain

Source:

Secretary Of The Interior; Reagan, AB. Apache medicine cérémonies performed over the daughter of C30. Proceeding of the Indian Academy of Science 1904;14;275-83.

Identifier:

9900450

Subject:

Ceremonial, Mortuary Practices, Shamanism, Traditional Medicine

Type:

Monograph