An Apache girl comes of age in a traditional ceremony, possibly the last at Oak Flat before copper mining threatens to transform the sacred site in Arizona.

A historic cultural moment unfolded Saturday as members of the Canneci Tinne Apache Tribe performed the Xactci dance — an ...

Apache girls have entered womanhood at Oak Flat for generations, celebrating at a site where they believe the mountain spirits reside. As Lozen Brown-Lopez prepared for her Sunrise Dance, she worried ...

The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the Apache community. I remember living on and off the Yavapai-Apache Nation's ...