For Individual Power and Social Credit: The Use of Alcohol Among Tucson Papagos

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Abstract
Two fundamental dimensions of Papago Indian social or cultural reality are related to current drinking experiences of Papagos in the urban setting. Drinking serves to both maintain a system of social credit and egalitarian economics and to provide for a means whereby individuals can attain personal power in an otherwise egalitarian social system. While heavy drinking is physiologically debilitating, it does help to articulate meaningful Papago values at a time when and in contexts where drastic changes are occurring in Papago life. The implications these patterns have for an applied anthropology focusing on alcohol problems are discussed.

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