An Apache Life-Way: The Economic,
Social And Religious Institutions Of
The Chiricahua Indians by Morris
Edward Opler
An Objective And Accurate Ethnology
Originally published in 1941, An Apache Life-Way remains one of the most
important and innovative studies of southwestern Native Americans,
drawing upon a rich and invaluable body of data gathered by the
ethnographer Morris Edward Opler during the 1930s. Blending the analysis
of individual Apache lives with the analysis of their culture, this landmark
study tells of the ceremonies, religious beliefs, social life, and economy of
the Chiricahua Apache. Opler traces, in fascinating detail, how a person
“becomes an Apache,” beginning with conception, moving through puberty
rites, marriage, and the various religious, domestic, and military duties and
experiences of adulthood, and concluding with the rites and beliefs
surrounding death.

Personal Review: An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social
And Religious Institutions Of The Chiricahua Indians by Morris
Edward Opler
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. The reader learns not only the
ethnological facts but senses the feelings, values and emotions of these
people. "An Apache Lifeway" remains the most definitive source of
material cited in later publications on the subject. The book is easily
readable because anthropological jargon is avoided.
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