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Thunder Rides A Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches And The Mythic Present
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I feel that what Claire Farrer means by living in the "mythic
present" is that although most Indian culture is perceived long to have
been different, it is in fact very live and active today. I will give
specific examples from her book, Thu .... Middle of Term Paper ... are many misconceptions among the
mainstream Americans about the Indians, inparticularly the Mescalero Apache.
I feel she uses her book primarily as actual proof that in many ways the
Indians' culture is the same now in thought, song, narrative, everyday life,
religion, and in rituals as many generations before the present.
The three major examples of life in the "mythic present" that I
will primarily be discussing are the astronomical concept of the Mescalero
Apache, the kin-system that the Apache implore, and lastly the Apache
girl's puberty ceremony. Although I have only selected three examples,
there are obviously many more such a ... |
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