Apache

Our country has a history of fighting wars, creating conflicts, and devastating relations once held throughout the world. We learn about these events because they have played and continue playing important roles in society; but what about the events that the United States has been involved with, that may not have been important to the world, but was important to a certain race of people who ultimately got their freedom taken away from them. The race we never largely learned about in school, and…

1) It was the morning of Wednesday, November 5, 1975. To us, the seven men working in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, it was an ordinary workday. The group saw a strange light off in the distance thinking it was a forest fire. Travis got out of Mike’s Truck and basically got abducted by aliens. Mike and the rest of the crew drove off. Travis had been missing for about eight days before they found him at a nearby gas station with a payphone. He didn’t like to be touched nor did he really…

earth was created. These myths become a frame of reference for people to think about the world and their place within it. The Apaches, like many Native American tribes, have little to no written history other than that written by white men. Relying entirely on oral tradition, they have passed down and reshaped their stories of creation from generation to generation. The Apache have two stories of creation that follow the Creator’s steps in bringing the earth to life. With the repetition of the…

Geronimo (Apache chief) leads attacks into Mexico. The U.S. then places soldiers near his reservation, so Geronimo and some of his people escape to their stronghold in Mexico and build an army. Geronimo flees the reservation again when he hears rumors he is going to be arrested. Then the U.S. army sends a large force against Geronimo's 24 men. He surrenders and is sent to prison in Florida. He dies on a reservation as a prisoner of war. Little Wolf (Northern−Cheyenne chief) who helps lead a…

For Mescalero Apache girls, the transition to womanhood in the tribe is a demanding, and even grueling process. Over the course of four days, the girls cannot show emotion or touch their bodies all while undergoing trials which represent the stages of life. This event, the Apache Puberty Ceremony, is not just a recreation and remembrance of Apache history, but, in fact, is an active part of their culture today. For the tribe, the puberty ceremony connects lore with virtues, spirituality, and…

REVOLUTIONARIES WAR There were African American troops that marched with George Washington. In 1815 they served under Andrew Jackson in New Orleans against the British. CIVIL WAR It was not until the Civil War that there was a large number of African Americans in the military. When the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, many African Americans wanted to join the Union army. Sometime in 1862 Colonel Higginson from Massachusetts was given command of the First Regiment…

The Apache Kid was one of the most notorious and fiercest Apache outlaw in the Wild West. He is a White Mountain Apache, later became a renegade. He was most active in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. Named Haskay-Bay-Nay-Natyl, the Apache Kid got his name due to wrong pronunciation of his name. He was recruited to the U.S Cavalry as Scout to fight his fellow Apache. Then after two years promoted to a sergeant. In his early days, he was…

For the Lakota and Apache tribes their similarities are surprising, but their differences are fairly clear to see. The medicine bag tradition started when Grandpa’s father, Iron Shell, decided to put together a medicine bag to protect the wearer. Now, the oldest male descendant receives the medicine bag. Meanwhile, the practice of the Apache’s coming-of-age ritual dwindled greatly in the early 1900’s. During this time it was illegal to perform the act. Whereas in “The Medicine Bag” by Virginia…

Mescalero Apache, the base metaphor Farrer states ,that it represents the daily movement of the sun east to west and its annual movement south to north. “Balance and harmony are expressed in circularity” (Farrer 29). The correlation with puberty rites I feel has to do with the significance of the number 4, as there are 4 days of creation, which correlates with the girls circling the basket in order to represent the 4 stages of life. Essentially…

Marriage, baptism, your first steps, and getting your driver's license are all a rite of passage, and “The Medicine Bag” story, “Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage” video, and the “Cherokee Night Ritual Into Manhood” story are all rites of passages. “The Medicine Bag” is about a boy named Martin receiving his family's tradition from his grandfather and how he feels about it. “Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage” video is about Dachina becoming a woman in her tribe and what she has to go through to become…