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Wisdom Sits in Places
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Keith H. Basso
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: UNM Press

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Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache.
Wisdom Sits in Places
Language: en
Pages: 189
Authors: Keith H. Basso
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-08-01 - Publisher: UNM Press

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This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apa
Portraits of 'the Whiteman'
Language: en
Pages: 146
Authors: Keith H. Basso
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979-08-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collect
Don't Let the Sun Step Over You
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Eva Tulene Watt
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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When the Apache wars ended in the late nineteenth century, a harsh and harrowing time began for the Western Apache people. Living under the authority of nervous
Language and Art in the Navajo Universe
Language: en
Pages: 44
Authors: Gary Witherspoon
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1977 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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A study of Navajo culture with a view to its philosophical underpinnings examines the dynamism and adaptability of the Navajo language, and the enduring relevan