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Through the 4-day Sunrise Dance, Apache girls transition into womanhood

I remember living on and off the Yavapai-Apache Nation's Reservation while growing up. I would run around the reservation barefooted to all of my cousins' houses. We would climb all over the light ...
Arizona State Press

Tribes celebrate culture

Elaborate crowns, songs filled with blessings and sacred tribal dances were some of the ways ASU students experienced American Indian culture Tuesday afternoon. The American Indian Council -- the ...
Albuquerque Journal

An Apache ceremony for the ages: On the Mescalero Apache Reservation, four days of dancing mark the passage into womanhood, testing a girl’s endurance — and enveloping her ...

At the end of July, in a forest clearing in the heart of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, a 13-year-old girl braved a coming-of-age ceremony marking her initiation into womanhood. Teepees and ...
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Solstice Saturday: Joe Tohonnie Jr. and the Apache Crown Dancers

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Joe Tohonnie Jr. and the Apache Crown Dancers (White Mountain Apache) from Whiteriver, Arizona, celebrate the summer solstice through song and ...