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Apache Families: The Importance of Kinship and Community
An overview of clans, extended families and kin terms among Apache nations, and how kinship shaped daily life, with notes on where groups differed.
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Family and Kinship
Clans, extended families and elders.
Apache Community: The Importance of Family and Kinship in Apache Society
How kinship ties organized work, support and obligations in Apache societies, from sharing food and labor to caring for children, the sick and the bereaved.
Apache Community: The Role of Family and Kinship in Apache Society
A look at kinship roles in Apache societies, including matrilocal residence and in-law respect customs, with attention to differences between nations.
Apache Family and Kinship: Understanding the Tribe's Complex Social Structure
How clan membership worked and what role it played in social life, especially among Western Apache groups, and why other Apache nations are described differently.
Apache Family Dynamics: Understanding the Tribe's Complex Social Structure
Household roles and relationships within Apache families, past and present, from the tasks of men, women and children to how families live today.
Apache Kinship and Adoption: Understanding the Tribe's Complex Family Dynamics
How adoption and the inclusion of outsiders into Apache kin networks worked, including captives and orphans, and where the historical record is thin or one-sided.
Apache Reunion: The Joy and Significance of Family Gatherings
Why family gatherings and reunions matter in Apache life today, linking extended-family ties to shared meals, celebrations and the passing on of stories.
Apache Tribe Culture: The Importance of Family and Community
Family and community obligations as everyday values among Apache peoples: respect, generosity, responsibility to relatives and the idea of caring for one another.
Apache Tribe Culture: The Importance of Family and Community in Apache Society
How extended-family households worked in Apache societies, who lived together and shared tasks, and how Apache families are arranged today.
Apache Tribe Culture: The Role of Elders in Their Society
The respected role of elders in Apache family teaching and decision-making, described in general terms and without speaking for any individual elder.
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Values Law and Elders Customary law, conduct and the role of elders. Diplomacy and Peacemaking Disputes, alliances and trade between and within groups. Music Dance and Art Song, dance and visual art across Apache communities. Apache Art and Expression Visual art, music and creative work by Apache artists past and present. Craftsmanship Basketry, beadwork, pottery, weaving and the makers who keep these skills alive. Dress and Adornment Clothing, jewelry and regalia across Apache groups. Land and Livelihood Hunting, gathering, farming, tools and relationships with homelands. Childhood and Upbringing How Apache children were raised, taught and played. Community and Social Structure Bands, local groups and community values. Foodways Traditional foods, gathering and cooking. Heritage and Traditions Everyday traditions, land-based practice and ways of life across Apache groups. Apache Homelands and Landscapes The mountains, deserts and rivers of Apache country, and how to visit them respectfully. Plants and Traditional Knowledge The plants of Apache country and the public, general knowledge of how they were used.