Recalling the Past in Creating the Present: Topographic References in Comanche Narrative

Gelo, Daniel J.

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“…Thus both a specific story-the battle with the Comanche-and a particular individual-the Comanche chief who is named after• the place (and not the other way around)-are indexed by the placename mbadzil. This is similiar to the descriptions of the discursive uses of placenames given by Jett (2001) for Navajo, Kari (1989) for Alaskan Athabaskans, Basso (1996) for Western Apache, and Cruikshank (1990) for Tutchone (see also Gelo 1994 on the use of topographic knowledge in Comanche narratives).…”

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Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

Webster¹

2007

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This paper presents twenty-two Lipan Apache placenames as used by Augustina Zuazua in a narrative to Harry Hoijer concerning Lipan history. Lipan Apache is now considered by most linguists to be largely an extinct language. However these placenames provide a glimpse into the place-naming practices of the Lipan as well as reveal how placenames were discursively used. I analyze the placenames based on the semantic and morphological components of the names. I also look at how the placenames were used in context within the narrative. Finally, I suggest that Zuazua used this narrative and the placenames to comment on the removal of the Lipan Apache from their traditional homeland. The names, then, act as lingering signs of a past homeland.

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Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

Webster¹

2007

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Prominent places on the landscape: Occupations at Cowhead Mesa along the eastern escarpment edge of the Southern High Plains of Texas

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Johnson

2016

Plains Anthropologist

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Geographies of Power: Mapping Indian Borders in the “Borderlands” of the Early Southwest

Barr¹

2011

The William and Mary Quarterly

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Recalling the Past in Creating the Present: Topographic References in Comanche Narrative

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

Prominent places on the landscape: Occupations at Cowhead Mesa along the eastern escarpment edge of the Southern High Plains of Texas

Geographies of Power: Mapping Indian Borders in the “Borderlands” of the Early Southwest

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