Settlement Patterns on the Mescalero Apache Reservation since 1883

After a century of federal efforts to alter Mescalero Apache culture, settlement patterns on the reservation continue to display the precontact heritage. Retention of traditional patterns resulted from selective adoption of federal policy, development of a vigorous tribal political structure, and as...

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Published in:Geographical review 1990-07, Vol.80 (3), p.226-238
Main Author: Henderson, Martha L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Amerindians
Apaches
Bgi / Prodig
Canyons
Cultural geography
Government relations
Houses
Human geography
Human settlements
Indian culture
Indigenous peoples-government relations
Intensive production
Land settlement patterns
Land use
Laws, regulations and rules
Mescaleros
Migration
Native American reservations
Native Americans
Population geography and social geography
Reservations
Settlement patterns
Treaty lands
Tribal land
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Summary:After a century of federal efforts to alter Mescalero Apache culture, settlement patterns on the reservation continue to display the precontact heritage. Retention of traditional patterns resulted from selective adoption of federal policy, development of a vigorous tribal political structure, and assistance from sympathetic federal Indian agents. Five eras of federal policy since 1883 are the framework to identify and analyze the geographical elements in the settlement patterns. Cultural adaptation and persistence are evident in the contemporary landscape inhabited by the Mescalero Apache.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.2307/215301