The second annual Christmas “Elders Lunch” of the San Carlos Apache Tribe was held on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the Apache Gold Casino on the San Carlos Reservation. The luncheon is a gesture of appreciation for tribal elders initiated last year by then new Tribal Chairman Wendsler Nosie, Sr. Nosie, who is a spiritual […]
History
February 17, 2009 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Geronimo at the Fort Sills reservation after 23 years of incarceration by the U.S. government in Florida, Alabama, and, finally, Oklahoma. Geronimo has mostly been portrayed in popular lore as a savage and murderous renegade who needed to be hunted down and caputured […]
The Story to Tell
“I – don’t – speak – English – so – you – have – to – speak – very – slowly – to – me.” Robert Howard, the young administrative assistant to Wendsler Nosie, the Tribal Chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and a former vice chairman himself, is staring me very soberly in […]
Genocide Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry – or Recompense Anyone, Anyway
“Indigenous leaders from North and Central America recently gathered to discuss the significance of governmental apologies involving historical injustices committed upon Natives.” AJA
It’s Something
“Wizipan Garriott, 28, has been appointed First Americans Public Liaison, a newly created position in President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team.” AJA