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The Rungus Momogun of Northern Borneo
1963 Myths and Legends About the Rungus of the Kudat District. Sabah Society Journal 4:9-15.
1964 The Long-house Apartment of the Rungus Dusun. Sarawak Museum Journal 11:570-73.
1965 The Nature of Social Groupings Among the Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia. Dissertation submitted for the degree of Ph.D., The Australian National University.
1965 The Death of Serip Usman--In Rungus Tradition. Sarawak Museum Journal 12:228:29.
1965 Distribution of the Megapode? As Reported by the Rungus Dusun. Sarawak Museum Journal 12:393-94.
1966 Residence and Ties of Kinship in a Cognatic Society: The Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 22:280-301.
1967 Observational Procedures for Identifying Kindreds: Social Isolates Among the Rungus of Borneo. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 23:192-207.
1968 Social Groupings Among the Rungus, A Cognatic Society of Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of the Malaysian Branch Royal Asiatic Society 41:193-202.
1968 The Dusun Languages of Northern Borneo: Rungus Dusun and Related Problems. Oceanic Linguistics 7:1-15.
1969 Social Anthropological Census for Cognatic Societies and Its Application to the Rungus of Northern Borneo. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 125:80-93.
1972 Rungus Dusun. In Ethnic Groups of Insular Southeast Asia. Volume 1: Indonesia, Andaman Islands, and Madagascar, edited and compiled by Frank M. LeBar. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files.
1974 The Analysis of Property Systems: The Creation and Devolution of Property Interests among the Rungus of Borneo. Working Paper 3. Phillips, ME: Social Transformation and Adaptation Research Institute.
1976 The Rungus: Social Structure in a Cognatic Society and Its Symbolism. In The Societies of Borneo: Explorations in the Theory of Cognatic Social Structure, edited by G. N. Appell. Special Publication 6. Washington: American Anthropological Association.
1976 The Rungus Dusun and Other Dusunic Groups. In Insular Southeast Asia: Ethnographic Studies. Section 3: Borneo and Moluccas. HRAFLEX Books AL1-003, Ethnographic Series. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files.
1978 The Rungus Dusun. In Essays on Borneo Societies, edited by Victor T. King. Hull Monograph on South-East Asia 7. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1985 Land Tenure and Development Among the Rungus of Sabah, Malaysia. In Modernization and the Emergence of a Landless Peasantry: Essays on the Integration of Peripheries to Socioeconomic Centers, edited by G. N. Appell. Studies in Third World Societies Publication No. 33. Williamsburg, Virginia: Studies in Third World Societies.
1986 Social Anthropological Research Among the Rungus Dusun: A Talk for the Sabah Society. Sabah Society Journal 8:194-209.
1987 Social Determinants of Rungus and Bulusu' Settlement Patterns. Borneo Research Bulletin 19:161-69.
1988 Emergent Structuralism: The Design of an Inquiry System to Delineate the Production and Reduction of Social Forms. In Choice and Morality in Anthropological Perspective: Essays in Honor of Professor Derek Freeman, edited by G. N. Appell and T. N. Madan. Buffalo: State University of New York Press.
1991 Individuation of the Drives of Sex and Aggression in the Linguistic and Behavioral Repertoire of the Rungus. In Female and Male in Borneo: Contributions and Challenges to Gender Studies, edited by Vinson H. Sutlive, Jr. Borneo Research Council Monograph Series Volume 1. Williamsburg: Borneo Research Council.
1997 The Ecological and Social Consequences of Conversion to Christianity Among the Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia. In Sociocultural Change, Development and Indigenous Peoples, edited by Tan Chee-Beng. Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography No. 11:61-99.
2000 The Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia. In Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive, edited by Leslie E. Sponsel. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
2001 Guide to the OC13 Rungus Dusun File. HRAF Collection of Ethnography, Installment 50 (Computer file). New Haven: Human Relations Area Files.
2002 Rungus Dusun. Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement, edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin, Ember, and Ian Skoggard. New York: Macmillan Reference.
2003 Rungus Dusun. In Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures, edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin, Ember. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files and Kluwer/Plenum.
Appell, G. N. and Laura W. R. Appell
1961 A Provisional Field Dictionary of the Rungus Dusun Language of North Borneo. Duplicated. (Microfilm may be obtained from the Educational Resources Information Center, Clearinghouse for Linguistics.)
1993 To Converse with the Gods: The Rungus Bobolizan? Spirit Medium and Priestess. In The Seen and the Unseen: Shamanism, Mediumship and Possession in Borneo, edited by Robert Winzeler. Borneo Research Council Monograph Series Volume 2. Williamsburg: Borneo Research Council.
2003 Death Among the Rungus Momogun of Sabah, Malaysia: The Dissolution of Personhood and Dispersion of Multiple Souls and Spirit Counterparts. In Journeys of The Soul: The Dissolution of Personhood and Dispersion of the Multiple Souls and Spirit Counterparts, edited by W. D. Wilder. Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council.
Forthcoming
n.d. Dismantling the Cultural Ecosystem of the Rungus of Sabah, Malaysia: A History of How the Ideology of Western Institutions Led to the Destruction of of a Borneo Environment. To appear in Environmental Change in the Native and Colonial Histories of Borneo: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future, Reed Wadley, ed.
n.d. Sacred Groves Among the Rungus Dusun of Northern Sabah: Relict Areas of Biodiversity.
In Preparation
ms. Illicit Sex and the Wrath of the Gods: Sexual Life in a Borneo Society.
ms. The Rungus Dusun of Northern Borneo: Emergent Structuralism in a Cognatic Society.
Appell, G. N. and Laura W. R. Appell
ms. Cultural Dictionary of the Rungus Language..
ms. Religious Literature of the Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia.