A land fight pits a sacred Apache tradition against a copper mine

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

Ancient Apache dance performed for first time in 160 years at Opelousas Museum

A historic cultural moment unfolded Saturday as members of the Canneci Tinne Apache Tribe performed the Xactci dance — an ...
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Apache Tribe revives sacred Xactci dance in Louisiana after 160 Years

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The Canneci Tinne Apache Tribe—part of the Lipan Apache (Ndáwe) Nation—will present the Xactci (pronounced Hahch-kee) ceremonial dance on Saturday at the Opelousas Museum. Tribal ...
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 ...
Ruidoso News

Celebrating the Ruidoso Mescalero Apache Honor Day Festival

The “Ruidoso Mescalero Apache Honor Day Festival” will be Saturday, May 31st from 10 a.m. — 7 p.m. Country Club Park in Midtown on the corner at 2180 Sudderth Dr. & Country Club. The festival will ...