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Apache Children: Education and Upbringing
An overview of how Apache children were raised and taught in distinct Apache nations, from family-based learning to boarding schools and today's programs.
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Childhood and Upbringing
How Apache children were raised, taught and played.
Apache Children: The Importance of Education and Cultural Preservation
How schooling and language programs today connect to Apache nations' efforts to keep culture alive for children, and why the answers differ from nation to nation.
Apache Children's Education: A Focus on Survival and Tradition
How Apache families taught children practical skills such as gathering, tracking, endurance and care for others, alongside tradition, with differences between groups.
Apache Children's Games: A Look at Traditional Play and Leisure
A look at documented children's play among Apache groups, including imitation games, dolls, bows, and group games, and what children learned through them.
Apache Tribe Culture: The Role of Traditional Games in Their Society
Games, races and contests in Apache communities as social and training activities, with documented examples and cautions about differences between groups.
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Values Law and Elders Customary law, conduct and the role of elders. Diplomacy and Peacemaking Disputes, alliances and trade between and within groups. Music Dance and Art Song, dance and visual art across Apache communities. Apache Art and Expression Visual art, music and creative work by Apache artists past and present. Craftsmanship Basketry, beadwork, pottery, weaving and the makers who keep these skills alive. Dress and Adornment Clothing, jewelry and regalia across Apache groups. Land and Livelihood Hunting, gathering, farming, tools and relationships with homelands. Community and Social Structure Bands, local groups and community values. Family and Kinship Clans, extended families and elders. Foodways Traditional foods, gathering and cooking. Heritage and Traditions Everyday traditions, land-based practice and ways of life across Apache groups. Apache Homelands and Landscapes The mountains, deserts and rivers of Apache country, and how to visit them respectfully. Plants and Traditional Knowledge The plants of Apache country and the public, general knowledge of how they were used.