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In 1857, a pastor named Royal Byron Stratton sought out Olive and Lorenzo Oatman. He co-wrote a book about the Oatman Massacre and the girls' captivity titled Life among the Indians: or, The Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache & Mohave Indians. [22] It was a bestseller for that era, at 30,000 copies. [22]
According to the American sniper Carlos Hathcock, Apache was a female sniper and interrogator for the Viet Cong during the War in Vietnam. [1] [2] While no real name is given by Hathcock, he states she was known by the US military as "Apache", because of her methods of torturing US Marines and ARVN troops for information and then letting them bleed to death.
A puberty rite ceremony for young girls is an important event. [4] Here the girl accepts her role as a woman and is blessed with a long life and fertility. [3] [5] Apache people typically live in matrilocal households, where a married couple will live with the wife's family. [6]
The Apache Sunrise Ceremony is a four-day coming of age celebration that Apache girls experience soon after their first menstruation. Throughout the sacred ceremony, they dance to songs and prayers to fill themselves with the physical and spiritual power of White Painted Woman to embrace their role as a woman of the Apache nation. [20]
Apache girl with basket, 1902. The gathering of plants and other food was primarily done by women. The men's job was usually to hunt animals such as deer, buffalo, and small game. However, men helped in certain gathering activities, such as of heavy agave crowns. Numerous plants were used as both food and medicine and in religious ceremonies.
An Apache tribe in Arizona is taking a fight with the federal government and copper producers over sacred land to the Supreme Court. An Apache tribe in Arizona is taking a fight with the federal ...
The White Mountain Apache or Dził Łigai Si’án Ndéé "People of the White Mountains" (Spanish: Sierra Blanca Apache'), are centered in Fort Apache Indian Reservation. It is the most eastern band of the Western Apache group. The White Mountain Apache are a federally recognized tribe.
John asks a passing Army detachment for aid, but the Officer refuses. Buck and Manolito prepare to buy the girl's freedom, but find the detachment massacred and are themselves captured. The Apache chief and the medicine man, who remember Victoria helping Nock-Ay-Del, offer to let them go free if Manolito can survive a test of courage.