books by Morris E. Opler

books by Morris E. Opler

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Morris E. Opler

Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature)
Morris E. Opler

University of Nebraska Press, 1994

"We are dealing here with a living literature," wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians . First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians . Opler conducted field work among the ...

An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians

Morris E. Opler

University of Nebraska Press, 1996

An objective and accurate ethnology
Opler's book is the result of lengthy interviews with informants during the early part of the Twentieth century .He has quoted many of these Apaches verbatum without editorializing thereby providing an authentic picture of the tribal lifeway during the 19th century. ...

Apache Odyssey: A Journey between Two Worlds

Morris E. Opler

Bison Books, 2002

Fascinating account of the Apache experience
This is the fascinating and absorbing life story of a Mescalero/Chiracahua Apache man -- one who, when he was just a small child, knew Geronimo. Told in his own words, the story is annotated by a white ethnologist, Opler, who made a study of the Apache people over ...

Apachean Culture History and Ethnology (Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona, no. 21)
Keith H. Basso, Morris E. Opler

University of Arizona Press, 1971

This volume grew out of a symposium held at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in November 1969 at New Orleans, Louisiana. The "Apachean Symposium" was designed to provide an opportunity for scholars engaged in research on southern Athapaskan cultures to report upon their findings, and wherever possible, to link them ...

APACHE ODYSSEY A JOURNEY BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
MORRIS E. OPLER

HOLT, RINEHART, WINSTON, 1968

THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS WORK. AUTHOR WAS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY AT TIME OF WRITING.

Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature)

Morris E. Opler

Bison Books, 1994

Coyote Myths
I bought this book because I am mainly interested in Coyote mythology. This book has a large section devoted to tales containing the Coyote in one context or another. All in all, there is approximatly 100 pages of Coyote "tails." This includes a section devoted to ...