John Gregory Bourke

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John Gregory Bourke

John Gregory Bourke (1843–1896) was a captain in the United States military. Early in his military career, he served in the Civil War and received a Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action." He served as an aide to General Crook in the Apache Wars from 1870 to 1886.

He is known for his amateur ethnological writings on various indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest, particularly Apachean groups.

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Bell, William G. (1978). John Gregory Bourke: A soldier-scientist of the frontier. Washington: Potomac Corral, The Westerners.
Bourke, John G. (1958[1886]). An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre: An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. New York: Scribner.
Bourke, John G. (1891). Scatologic Rites of All Nations. Lowdermilk (Washington, D.C.)
Bourke, John G. (1971[1891]). On the Border with Cook. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press .
Bourke, John G. (2003). The diaries of John Gregory Bourke. Robinson, C. M. (Ed.). Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press.
Bourke, John G; & Condie, Carol J. (1980). Vocabulary of the Apache or 'Indé language of Arizona & New Mexico. Greeley, CO: Museum of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado.
Hodge, F. W. (1896). John Gregory Bourke. American Anthropologist, 9 (7), 245-248.
Porter, Joseph C. (1980). John Gregory Bourke: Biographical notes. Greeley, CO: University of Northern Colorado, Museum of Anthropology.