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The 1999 Grolier Multi-Media Encycopedia (c) says the following about the Apache...
LANGUAGE: Athapascan
LOCATION: The Apache tribe occupied the mountains and plains of southern Arizona and New Mexico, and also in Mexico.
The capitol of Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Whiteriver.
DRESS: The primitive dress of the men was deerskin shirt, leggings, and moccasins. They were never without a loin-cloth. A deerskin cap with attractive symbolic ornamentation was worn. The women wore short deerskin skirts and high boot top moccasins.
DWELLINGS: The Apache dwellings consisted of a dome shaped frame of cottonwood or other poles, thatched with grass. The house itself was termed, "Kowa" and the grass thatch, "Pi".
RELIGION AND CEREMONIES: The ceremonies are invariably called "dances." Among these are the rain dance, a puberty right, a harvest and good crop dance, and a spirit dance. The Apache are devoutly religious and pray on many occasions and in various ways. Recreated in the human form, Apache spirits are supposed to dwell in a land of peace and plenty, where there is neither disease or death.
"The primitive Apache was a true nomad, a wandering child of Nature, whose birthright was a craving for the warpath with courage and endurance probably exceeded by no other people and with cunning beyond reckoning. Although his character is a strong mixture of courage and ferocity, the Apache is gentle and affectionate toward those with his own flesh and blood, particularly his children."
"All of the worldly possessions of the Apache woman are packed on a horse which she and her children have ridden. The mother, with the youngest in their arms, first clambers down, followed by a little girl four years of age; she then removes the blankets that cover the pack, then the burden basket containing her cooking utensils, next the water bottle, and from across the saddle seat the large rawhide carryall that contains the family supplies and extra clothing."
Apache Stream
"The graphic art of the Apaches finds expression chiefly in ceremonial paintings on deerskin, and in basketry."
HISTORY*
They attained their greatest fame as guerrilla fighters defending their mountainous homelands under the Chiricahua leaders Cochise, Geronimo, Mangas Coloradas, Victorio, and Juh. The surrender of Geronimo and Juh in 1886 marked the end of Apache resistance.
Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache Chief, 1880's.
That, pausing in her flight
Awhile on boughs too slight,
Feels them give way
Beneath her and yet sings,
Knowing that she hath wings.
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GreyWolfCub's Native American MidisAPACHE INDIAN TRIBE
~ An Apache Welcome ~
"The Apache (from a Zuni word meaning "enemy") are a North American Indian people of the Southwest. Their name for themselves is Inde, or Nde ("the people"). Together with the Navajo, they are classified as belonging to the Southern Athabascan linguistic family. The Apache were composed of six regional groups: the Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Kiowa Apache. Each group was made up of numerous localized bands.
Taken in early 1999. In the river wash, the girls of the Miles family of San Carlos weave a traditional basket. This photograph was the second in a series of photo shoots done on the San Carlos reservation.
Taken with an 11x14 view camera. Platinum palladium print. Gary Auerbach.
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