The Apache tribe had plenty of traditional ways, but one of the most known things about the Apache tribe is their fierce warrior background. You can find their warrior ways even within their political system, they only have one chief and that is the War Chief. Apache had high respects for their war chief, “People chose a man known for his courage, wisdom, and personal generosity” (Southwest Crossroads). The male children from when they could stand were taught to fight and survive. This was to prepare the males of any kind of conflict that could accrue and insure that their tribe was ready. Apache warriors were also know to raid other villages and opposing tribes. The Apaches never did this over land, rather they did this for their survival, they acquired food and livestock from these raid. You can see the Apache name being used for the popular American attack helicopter currently being used, this was no accident. The Apache Helicopter was named after the tribe because of their fierce warrior abilities and strength when it came to battle.

https://www.southwestcrossroads.org/record.php?num=521

In the Apache Tribe men and women wear very different clothing based upon their gender. The traditional clothing usually consisted of a lot of hide, they used hide for almost everything including their shoes. The tops of the clothing usually had fringes hanging from them, this was the case for women and men. In mid 1800’s they started using cloth instead of hide but kept the same traditional style with slight changes.

The Apache were put into boarding schools by U.S. cavalry captain Richard Henry Pratt, which was also backed by the government. This schools main purpose was to separate the children from the parents to “kill the Indian in him, and save a man” according to Pratt himself. In this boarding school the male kids and the male family members were forced to cut their hair in order to get rations, so if they didn’t cut their hair, they might starve. The kids were also forced not to speak their language and disease was very common in the schools.

Source: https://www.history.com/news/government-boarding-schools-separated-native-american-children-families

In this blog post I will be talking about the government of the Apache Tribe in present day. They call it the tribal government, which consists the same standard 3 branches or departments of the U.S. government. Those departments are the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. In the Executive branch consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The legislative consist of eight members, including the Secretary and Treasurer of the Executive officers. The Judiciary  the trial court consist of a chief judge and two associate judges. It’s interesting to see their government being similar to the United States just on a small scale.

Another thing that goes along with this that I on the tribal website was the constitution of this specific tribe. This constitution was created in 1936 and was last revised in 1965. The reason for this it to promote justice, insure tranquility, and encourage
the general welfare of their tribe. They also state that it helps to have a constitution for the safety of the group because it allows the tribe to be closer with the the state and national government.

Cited: https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/constitution/

The Apache tribe today still performs acts of religious freedom, one of the ways they do that is with one of their reservations in Arizona. In Arizona there is a mountain called White Mountain, which is being taking cared of by the local Apache tribe within their reservation. This mountain is important because its a big part of the Apache tribe, the Apache believe that the mountain is the special place that their creator gave life to all things.

Apache experienced ethnic cleansing around 1835, this occurred in Mexico. While most other tribes experience ethnic cleansing by governments “moving” or “relocating” the groups, the Government of Mexican State Sonora chose a much different route. The government ordered a bounty on all Apache men older than 13 years old. Which over time began to change into the government rewarding people for the scalps of the Apache. This bounty system was also used in different government states within Mexico. This happened because there was a current war between the Apache tribe and the Government of Mexico.

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