Apache words welcome to our apache vocabulary page. Seven essays, collected here for the first time, define some of the central concerns of linguistic anthropology through the close study of western apache, a. Anth 1001 wisdom sits in places flashcards quizlet. Click download or read online button to get western apache language and culture book now.
Creating a scholarship fund for tribal members to become apache language, culture, and history teachers. Though crosscultural data on silence behavior are almost wholly lacking, some evidence has been collected which suggests that this hypothesis may have relevance to other societies as well. It consists of the tonto apache, san carlos apache, and white mountain apache dialects, and is sometimes also considered to include chiricahua and mescalero apache. The fact that the apache held spanish slaves, and that the spanish held apache slaves, also provided a source of contact between the two groups. In w new mexico and arizona were the western apache, including the chiricahua, the coyotero, and the white mountain apache. Western apache language and culture book by keith h. He provided expert testimony in numerous state and federal legal proceedings involving tribal members. Western apache english dictionary by bray, dorothy.
Spoken as a first language by up to 14,000 people in several reservation communities in southeastern arizona. The symbols of silas johnwise words of the western apache. In the dark side of life there is misery, and nothing progresses for the apache. Contents the western apache classificatory verb system. Of these, about 6,000 live on the san carlos reservation and 7,000 on the ft. Landscape and language among the western apache 1996 senses of place, ed. Western apache language and culture download ebook pdf. The role of music in western apache culture by david p. Seven essays, collected here for the first time, defin.
Our culture official website of the mescalero apache tribe. The full citation for this digital copy of the original source material is provided below, as well as the specific details of the source of. They speak a language that has various dialects and belongs to the athabascan branch of the nadene linguistic stock see native american languages, and their ancestors entered the area about 1100. Apache indians and anglo missionaries wisconsin lutheran. Basso this study guide consists of approximately 22 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of wisdom sits in places. In demonstrating the inadequacy and inappropriateness of such a view of language, attention has already been drawn to the ways in which ones native language is intimately and in all. Goodwin 1938 claims that western apache can be divided into five dialect groupings. Combining methods from ethnoscience and sociolinguistics, this paper presents an hypothesis to account for why, in certain types of situations, members of western apache society refrain from speech.
Under these conditions, fixed role expectations lose their applicability and the illusion of predictability in social interaction is lost. Essays in linguistic anthropology 1992 wisdom sits in places. Wisdom sits in places is the name of a remarkable little book of linguistic ethnography about landscape and language among the western apache. A man who delights in play, he has also teased me unmercifully, concocted humorous stories about me. Seven essays, collected here for the first time, define some of the central concerns of linguistic anthropology through the close study of western apache. We have included twenty basic apache words here, to compare with related american indian languages. Western apache language and culture by basso, keith. An introduction to western apache linguistics 3 vols. Basso combining methods from ethnoscience and sociolinguistics, this paper presents an hypothesis to account for why, in certain types of situations, members of western apache society refrain from speech.
Publication date 1990 topics apache, western orthography, apw publisher tucson. Landscape and language among the western apache themes keith h. Nde bizaa official website of the mescalero apache tribe. In the book, basso explores the role of placenames, or toponyms, in the language and culture of the western apache. Basso presents a number of texts of jokes and discusses them in terms of metalinguistic devices, their function as an expression of what is offensive to the apache about angloamericans, and their function in solidifying social. The author, keith basso, is an anthropologist and ethnographer who argues that the field. Tonto apache speakers are traditionally bilingual in western apache and yavapai. All of the essays have been revised for this anthology. Stalking with stories tufts selfserve blogs and websites. Issues in language shift, textbook development, and native. Basso, a major authority in the field of linguistic anthropology, has drawn on fieldwork at the village of cibecue, whose residents speak a dialect. Culture influences thinking, language and human behaviour. Basso was professor emeritus of anthropology at the university of new mexico and earlier taught at the university of arizona and yale university after first studying apache culture in 1959. Seldom have these propositions been so deftly and clearly supported as in these pages.
Hofstede, for example, argued that western management theories reflect the cultural environment in which they were written. The navajo began to use horses, but also became sheep herders. Requiring the schools to graduate students who are fluent in apache. The symbols of silas john wise words of the western apache.
Apache culture and economy and learned the athapaskan language. Western historical quarterlyhis essays on the apache language as it is spoken by the cibecue apache of northeastern arizona are remarkable for their use of diverse theoretical perspectives to provide insights into underlying culturally given meanings. Essays in linguistic anthropology reprint by basso, keith h. In the apache way of life, there is a belief that a dark side of life is present, as well as a light side. A white mountain apache family life, 18601975 2004, an oral history with eva tulene watt. Silence in western apache culture stalking with stories. Buy a cheap copy of western apache language and culture book by keith h. Topics apache, western grammar, apw publisher tempe. The navajo, who also speak an athabascan language, were once part of the western apache. In the recent past both western medicine and traditional ceremonies were used in various combinations. Though crosscultural data on silence behavior are almost wholly lacking, some evidence has been collected which suggests that this hypothesis may. Beyond language endangerment and maintenance is an important contribution to the literature on language documentation and maintenance, as well as indigenous language revitalization. Full text of western apache language and culture see other formats western apache pronunciation guide the western apache language contains four vowels. Apache is an athabaskan language, related to other languages like navajo and gwichin.
Wisdom sits in places university of new mexico press. In 1860 approximately four thousand western apache indians occupied an enormous. Learn about their politics, society, and culture, as well how they dealt with. There are approximately 6,000 speakers living on the san carlos reservation and 7,000 living on the ft. The western apache do not have a chronology to their storiesthey could have happen 200 years ago, 50 years ago, or 10 years from now. A practical grammar of the san carlos apache language. Keith hamilton basso march 15, 1940 august 4, 20 was a cultural and linguistic anthropologist noted for his study of the western apaches, specifically those from the community of cibecue, arizona. The western apache language is a southern athabaskan language spoken among the 14,000 western apaches in east central arizona.
Unpublished manuscript, department of anthropology, university of arizona. Apache reservation white mountain apache tribe, making up about 65%% of the population of those two tribes. Creating incentives for using apache in the home and other places, for elders to use apache with fluent and nonfluent tribal members, and for other people to learn and use apache. Glosbe is a collaborative project and every one can add and remove translations. It makes our dictionary english western apache real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language. Anthro 301 test 2 basso, to give up on words quizlet. People communicate through language, transmit their culture through. The social environment, in which individuals are born and live, shapes their attitudinal, emotional and behavioural reactions and the. Apache words indee, nde native american language net. Basso, who had spent decades working with this group of apache before composing this opus, the book is easy to overlook. List of books and articles about apache indians online. Most of those who read linguistic anthropology are seeking, i suspect, to discover unique realms of human knowledge and find novel forms of figurative expression. Tonto is one of the major dialects of the western apache language.
Wisdom sits in places, the first sustained study of places and placenames by an anthropologist, explores place, places, and what they mean to a particular group of people, the western apache in arizona. Today contemporary western medicine is the primary form of medical treatment, although changing womans power is sought after at puberty rites, and some individual apaches know songs and prayers to powers, which they use primarily within their. A greater difference between name description and physical features might show which stories are older, though this does not matter to the western apache. Janice hocker rushing 1983 has argued, for example, that an enduring myth in u. The western apache residents of cibecue, an isolated settlement located near the center of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It has been seen that language is much more than the external expression and communication of internal thoughts formulated independently of their verbalization. An unfamiliar landscape, like an unfamiliar language, is always a little daunting, and when. Although all respondents respected apache language and culture, language preservation was. Whereas both the navajo and apache adopted artifacts of spanish culture, the things that they decided to focus on were very different. The whiteman is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary american indian cultures. This is a study of the language and culture of the western apache, with a focus on the cibecue of the fort apache reservation. Essays in linguistic anthropology 90 edition 97808165239 by keith h. Basso was extremely well versed in western apache history, religion, language, and culture, and put his knowledge at the service of apache people.
Other linguists find chiricahuamescalero different enough from other western. The apache tribe was a nomadic group that lived in a large area in southwestern america as well as parts of mexico. Help us in creating the largest english western apache dictionary online. Contentsthe western apache classificatory verb system. This book is concerned primarily with caricatures of whitemen that occur in western apache joking behavior. A man who delights in play, he has also teased me unmercifully, concocted humorous stories about me that are thoroughly apocryphal, and embarrassed me before large numbers of incredulous apaches by inquiring publicly into. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Apache indian culture customs, history, and defeat by the. It makes our dictionary english western apache real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language for every day. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In doing so, he sets forth an argument that the way of life of the western apache can only be understood by examining their sense of place, and he makes the case that more cultural anthropologists should consider place when. The process of integrating marriage partners from other tribes changed apache culture and social structure. Basso and steven feld 1996 dont let the sun step over you. Schroeder has suggested that the tonto are originally yavapais who assimilated western apache culture.
Western apache language western apaches western apache is one of the two major apache languages. Interviews with 60 adults aged 1891 on the wma reservation found that apache was spoken by 88 percent. Therefore, it can be concluded that western management can not be separated from western culture. Work with other apache tribes and the navajo tribe to create a cooperative network focused on issues of language and culture preservation. Seven essays, collected here for the first time, define some of the central concerns of linguistic anthropology through the close study of western apache, a language of astonishing complexity. A semantic analysis semantic aspects of linguistic acculturation a western apache writing system. An introductory textbook in the white mountain apache language for nonspeakers. You can find more apache indian words in our online picture glossaries. Afro asian journal of social sciences volume 1, no. Get a detailed look at the language, from population to dialects and usage. Basso, a major authority in the field of linguistic anthropology, has drawn on fieldwork at the village of cibecue, whose.
In western apache culture, the absence of verbal communication is associated with social situations in which the status of focal participants is ambiguous. The navajo speak a related apachean language, but the peoples separated several hundred years ago and are considered culturally distinct. Create, for example, an annual or biannual apache and navajo summit on language and culture. This resulting ethnogenesis, or apacheanization of the region, helped to change weaker indian groups into stronger ones, which changed the direction taken in the southwest. Apache language arabic language armenian language burmese language cherokee language chinese language czech language danish language fijian language filipino language french language german language greek language hausa language hawaiian language hebrew language hindi language hungarian language indonesian. The various dialects of western apache called by them ndee biyati nnee biyati are a form of apachean, a branch of the southern athabaskan language family. Pdf a critique of keith bassos speaking with names. For more than thirty years, keith basso has been doing fieldwork among the western apache, and now he shares with us what he has learned of. Western, especially american management theory abroad hofstede, 1980, laurent, 1986. Basso combining methods from ethnoscience and sociolinguistics, this paper presents an hypothesis to account for why, in certain types of situations, members of western apache society refrain. A semantic analysissemantic aspects of linguistic acculturationa western apache writing system.