The Four Hills of Life

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey D. Anderson is an assistant professor of anthropology at Colby College. Klappentext For more than a century! the Northern Arapaho people have lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming--the fourth largest reservation in the country. In "The Four Hills of Life!" Jeffrey D. Anderson masterfully draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world--myth! language! art! ritual! identity! and history--to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Anderson shows that Northern Arapaho unity and identity from the nineteenth century on derive primarily from a shared system of ritual practices that transmit vital cultural knowledge. He also provides an in-depth study of the problems that Euro-American society continues to impose on reservation life and of the responses of the Northern Arapahos. Zusammenfassung For more than a century! the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth! language! art! ritual! identity! and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis IllustrationsContemporary Arapaho OrthographyPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Northern Arapahos2. The Approach3. Arapaho Persons and Relations4. The Space and Time of Life Movement5. Childhood6. The Men's Age-Grade System7. Old Age and the End of Life8. Women and Life Movement9. A Total View of Life Movement10. Changes in Age Structure and Life Movement11. Arapaho Knowledge12. Euro-American Knowledge13. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Autorentext

Jeffrey D. Anderson

Klappentext

For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people have lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming--the fourth largest reservation in the country. In "The Four Hills of Life," Jeffrey D. Anderson masterfully draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world--myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history--to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Anderson shows that Northern Arapaho unity and identity from the nineteenth century on derive primarily from a shared system of ritual practices that transmit vital cultural knowledge. He also provides an in-depth study of the problems that Euro-American society continues to impose on reservation life and of the responses of the Northern Arapahos.

Zusammenfassung
For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time.

Inhalt

IllustrationsContemporary Arapaho OrthographyPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Northern Arapahos2. The Approach3. Arapaho Persons and Relations4. The Space and Time of Life Movement5. Childhood6. The Men's Age-Grade System7. Old Age and the End of Life8. Women and Life Movement9. A Total View of Life Movement10. Changes in Age Structure and Life Movement11. Arapaho Knowledge12. Euro-American Knowledge13. ConclusionBibliographyIndex