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Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place Volume 1

Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place Volume 1

Record, Ian W.

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Native American Studies, Book 1

Native American HistoryRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 0806151900
ISBN13: 9780806151908
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Jul 1 2015
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Western Apaches have long regarded the corner of Arizona encompassing Aravaipa Canyon as their sacred homeland. This book examines the evolving relationship between this people and this place, illustrating the enduring power of Aravaipa to shape and sustain contemporary Apache society.

Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place articulates Aravaipa's cultural legacy as seen through the eyes of some of its descendants, bringing Apache voices, knowledge, and perspectives to the fore. Focusing on the Camp Grant Massacre as its narrative centerpiece, Ian Record employs a unique approach that reflects how the Apaches conceptualize their history and identity, interweaving four distinct narrative threads: contemporary oral histories of individuals from the San Carlos reservation, historic documentation of Apache relationships to Aravaipa following the reservation's establishment, descriptions of pre-reservation subsistence practices, and a history of early Apache struggles to maintain their connection with Aravaipa in the face of hostility from outsiders.

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