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ya-a-teh action14, A blue and white stone, as well as blue and white feathers and shells are used in many prayers and ceremonies both tribal and private. When you make the statement, " at the entrance of the sacred Apache cave", that is a difficult statement to understand. There is no one ...

ya-a teh the hunter, The mountains where I live are the Natanes mountains, they are in the northern part of the San Carlos Apache reservation. They are a small group of mountains rising 7000 feet in elevation. They are located just south of the Black River, the Natanes plateau seperates them from th...

ya-a-teh somehiker, shils-aash, I do not own a computer of my own so I cannot write here often. I must travel from my home a distance to where a computer can operate. I understand your words and thank you for them, asoogd. I cannot and do not speak for all Apache. I can only speak for my clan of the...

coazon de oro, ya-a-teh shils aash, (hello my friend) You are right in your words. It is my belief, as is the belief of the San Carlos Apache, the name of the "Pinal" mountains originated with the Spanish and Mexicans. My clan never knew these mountains as such. The words Pinal and Pinaler...

Rex Western, Since you do not address me by name I take the liberty you were speaking to me so I will answer and trust I will not speak out of place. I can only speak for what I know and what is customary to my clan and the things I have been taught. I cannot speak for others, other tribes and their...

Rex Western, ya-a-teh shi-ti-ki, You ask a good question and I can see by the way you ask it you feel a reverence and respect for the places you have come to know. I cannot speak for the places I do not know, but can say this. Prior to the reservations and the introduction of religion among the Apac...

Sometimes the heart of the roasted crown would be cut out and set aside while the pounding of the sheets was being done. The heart is the sweetest and tastiest part of the agave and was prized by everyone, especially the children. Roasted agave was eaten fresh and dried, sometimes made into a gruel ...

coazon de oro and somehiker, ya-a-teh shi-ti-ki, I read with interest your comments about the Pinal mountains and the mescal agave. You are most correct in your words. My ancestor clan, the tuhana-ne of the Tiis Ebah band (Pinal Apache) lived in close proximity to the Pinal and Superstition mountain...

Rex Western and somehiker, ya-a-teh shils aash, The Apache before christianity did not have burial grounds such as is thought of as a cemetery. Women and men of clans were buried without any distinction, as quickly as possible and with as little effort as was needed. All Apache abhored cremation. Bu...

Steven, Some Apache believed a race of people lived in the Superstition mountains who would capture, enslave or kill anyone who intruded there. Therefore they avoided those mountains. They believed these people were evil and used witchcraft. All clans however did not hold this belief. My grandfather...