Apache

Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection. While spiritual power is available to … Continued

President Ulysses Grant established the San Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona by Presidential Executive Order in 1872. The newly created reservation was a division of … Continued

Funerary practices and beliefs about death are more about the living than the dead. They provide some insights into the cultures of the people. The … Continued

In the 1880s, the American wars against the Apache Indians ignored the border between the United States and Mexico, and the American military often ignored … Continued

Sometime in the late 1300’s and early 1400’s groups of hunting and gathering Athabascan-speaking peoples began arriving in the Southwest from the far north in … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) During the 1870s most non-Indian residents of Arizona developed xenophobia, paranoia, fear, and an attitude of genocide with regard to … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey The Southern Plains is the area of the Great Plains that lies south of the Arkansas … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) For many Native American nations there are certain geographic places which have special spiritual meanings. These sacred places are often … Continued

When cultures are under stress from rapid change, particular change which is forced upon the people from outside agents, there frequently arise cultural and religious … Continued