Essay On Apache Tribes

The Apache tribes were based in parts of New Mexico and Arizona. They were defeated by the Comanche tribe, which forced them to move to these states. The Apache people did a lot of different forms of art in their pastime including pottery, basketry, and bead work. They also made a lot of different kinds of jewelry. They made silver jewelry, chokers, and large necklaces. They spoke a language that is a part of the largest language family in the world and believed in a strange religion. The most popular form of art to the Apache people was basketry. It was something only the mothers and daughters did. They passed it down from one generation to the next. They used materials such as mulberry, willow, devil’s claw, and cottonwood. The baskets

Other things were made with bone and shell, including the traditional Apache choker. The silver jewelry they made usually had engravings of important Indian symbols that told a story or represented a successful event or warrior. The Apache tears were another traditional form of jewelry, they were made with black obsidian or onyx. They were made to represent the 75 people that died in a battle that took place in 1870. The tears themselves represent the tears that each family shed for the fallen soldiers. The Apache Indian necklaces were usually made with turquoise, opal, coral, and magnesite. Some of them had symbols worked into the

They believed that even if they couldn 't see them, they were there, and they were everywhere. They were very clean because of how many baths they took. They took frequent baths to clean the bad luck and spirits off. They also believed that their ancestors were rocks, trees, wind, or any other part of nature. When they were praying to the spirits they were also praying to their ancestors. They invented a stringed instrument to play at the ceremonial dances, although many tribes did not have stringed instruments. They called it an Apache fiddle, and it was played by pulling the one string to make a very eerie noise. It was played along with drums and