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- Title
SOUTHWESTERN ATHAPASCAN WOMEN.
- Authors
Watkins, Frances E.
- Abstract
The article presents research on Athapascan speaking women in the southwestern United States. The Athapascan linguistic family is comprised of several different groups including the Navaho and the Apache. Between these two groups the position and influence of women in their societies differed greatly. In Navaho society there was no position that could not be held by a women. Navaho women cooked, butchered meat and made clothing, pottery, baskets and blankets. Among the Apache men were concerned with hunting and raiding and all other activities were taken care of by women. Additional information on the social lives and customs of the Apache and Navaho are compared.
- Subjects
NORTH America; ATHAPASCANS (North American people); APACHE (North American people); NAVAJO (North American people); ATHAPASCAN women; APACHE women; NAVAJO women; SOUTHWEST Indians (North American peoples); SOCIAL life &; customs of Native Americans; NATIVE American women; SOCIAL conditions of women
- Publication
Southwestern Lore, 1944, Vol 10, Issue 3, p32
- ISSN
0038-4844
- Publication type
Article