The Cibecue Apache Book title: The Cibecue Apache Author: Keith H. Basso Book Description: Based on long-term research, this book is about the Western Apache, not as they lived in the past, but as
I was surfing the net the other day and I ran across an old friend of mine, Willy Whitefeather. He has a marvelous video on You-Tube. It has been 25 years since I last saw my friend, but seeing him
We all know that beautifying oneself and the use of jewelry has been around since the prehistoric times. Bead making and bead necklaces called heishe, which have been derived from the Santo Domingo
R. Carlos Nakai is one of the major players on the Native American music scene. The Navajo/Ute multi-instrumentalist specializes in traditional Native American flute, and his musical vision includes
Collectors all over the world prize the distinctive silver jewelry crafted by the Hopi people of northern Arizona. Margaret Wright's comprehensive guide, first published over thirty years ago and
In what is now Cocnino County, Arizona a column of the 6th Cavalry from Fort Whipple , Arizona led by Captain Adna R. Chaffee mauled a party of 54 White Mountain Apaches led by Nantiatish on July 17,
Located on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, the Battle of Cibecue, occurring on August 30, 1881, was brought on by the influence of a shaman, Nockadelklinne, who preached a doctrine of raising
The Battle of Turret Peak in south central Arizona was one of the pivotal fights that broke the backs of the Apaches and Yavapais in their efforts to resist white encroachment into their lands.
After Brigadier General George Crook became commander of the Department of Arizona in 1871 he undertook a series of winter campaigns by small detachments which pacified the region by 1874. In the
Cliff dwellers, Native Americans of the Anasazi culture who were builders of the ancient cliff dwellings found in the canyons and on the mesas of the U.S.