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Apache Storytelling: The Oral Traditions of a People
A general look at the kinds of stories told in Apache communities, who tells them, why some are kept for winter, and why storytelling remains a living practice.
Spirituality and Stories
Oral Tradition
Storytelling as history, teaching and living tradition.
Apache Oral Traditions: A Valuable Source of Historical Knowledge
How historians and Apache communities treat oral history as evidence, how it is weighed against documents, and where it has added to written accounts.
Apache Storytelling: Passing Down History and Wisdom
How Apache stories are used to teach and guide behavior, including Keith Basso's documented account of Western Apache 'stalking with stories' tied to places.
Apache Storytelling: Preserving the Tribe's History
How recording projects by Apache nations, archives and researchers have preserved oral history, and the debates over consent, access and control of recordings.
Apache Storytelling: Preserving the Tribe's Oral Tradition
Why the language of a story matters, and how Apache oral tradition and language revitalization in homes, schools and community programs support each other.
Apache Traditions: The Importance of Storytelling and Oral History
Why certain Apache stories are traditionally told only in winter, and the wider customs about who tells stories, when, and how they are shared with others.
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