Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present
by Claire R. Farrer
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The impressive four day and four night Mescalero Apache girls' puberty ceremonial provides the structure for Farrer's consideration of the ways in which old myths and legends inform contemporary actions and beliefs. Why people behave as they do is as much a focus as is their actual behavior. Through instructions given to Farrer by Bernard Second, her Apache teacher for fourteen years, readers gain insight into the importance of narrative, not just in ceremony but especially in everyday show more living on a contemporary reservation in the American Southwest. -- from Back Cover show lessTags
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