Title: Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Military Societies
First published: 1999
Description: "In this book, William C. Meadows presents an in-depth ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies, drawn from extensive interviews with tribal elders and military society members, unpublished archival sources, and linguistic data. He examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations.

And he explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Societies, Ethnic identity, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Secret societies, Kiowa Indians, Indians of north america, west (u.s.), Indians of north america, southwest, new, Ethnicity
Places: Great Plains
LC classification: E99.K5 M43 1999