NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

Apache and Native American Culture

Apache and Native American Culture

Introduction

Indians call themselves Indians, not to call either the name of their respective tribe speak of himself sometimes simply as "people" or they say they are "Native Americans", or "Native American". Sometimes they speak of themselves as "First Nation", meaning that they were the first ("First") in America, before the white settlers. Sioux, Apache, Cherokee and Navajo - we all know the very sad history of Native Americans (Farrer, 1994). It is also encouraging from the world of Indian report. The descendants of the aborigines there are differences in optimism! The lives of the families of more than 500 tribes in North America has long ceased to be confined to reservations.

Discussion

The name Apache comes from the Yuma Indian word meaning "fighting man" and called them enemies Zuni meaning the enemies of cultivated fields. This name comes from their habit of attacking farmers (Farrer, 1994). Five centuries ago, they were in Canada and then went down to the South, unlike their neighbors Hopi and Navajo who live in this region since time immemorial. They would settle in the region of Rio Grande and were left in 6 families:

Chiricahua: known for their fierce warriors,

Jilicarilla: famous for their buffalo hunt

Mescalero: living by hunting and gathering of looting,

Tonto: was rather peaceful,

Lipan: hunting and looting in New Mexico and western Texas,

Kiowa Apache: combining two tribes the Apaches and Kiowa.

Many descendants of Apache now live on reservations located in Arizona and New Mexico. They survive thanks to agriculture, livestock and related activities tourisms that allow them to increase their savings. However, unemployment is very high and very difficult life. The tribes were composed mostly of hunters and has regularly indulged in looting (Farrer, 1994). The Apaches are known for their warrior traditions and the book makes fights when he wants. Families would gather in groups, to conduct with the shaman attacks against sedentary villages for plunder their crops and make them prisoners were then used as ransom. The most successful warrior who fights became chief of the tribe.

They hunted buffalo, deer, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, beavers, bears and cougars. But they also ate wild plants and cactus. He did not practice fishing. Mostly families lived in wickiups. It was simple huts made of branches forms a dome erected by women. But some family also lived in tepees made of buffalo skin. The Apaches are part of the language group athapasscan. They all spoke the same language, despite the diversity of families.

Whether Sioux, Hopi, Navajo or Ponci, the Indians of the American public to enter into self-confident, to work as doctors, lawyers or senior managers. Anyone on a language trip has traveled on vacation or Oklahoma City or Wahsington DC that could perhaps one of the public powwows participate. The lautstraken, colorful shows to see where a lot of feathers, moccasins, bows and arrows are intended to provide a broad audience with insight into the Indian culture (Farrer, ...