APACHE — THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER SURRENDERED Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Lipan, Jicarilla #nativeamerican | Native Cultures Consortiums

In 1790, a band of Lipan Apache moved into this area one mile from the Spanish fort Presidio del Norte, as part of an agreement with the Spanish. That fort evolved into the town of Presidio, which grew and eventually engulfed the Lipan Apache community. And roads and homes were built over much of the Lipan Apache burial grounds as the town of Presidio grew. But in recent years, the cemetery has been deeded back to the tribe. And infrastructure has been added to the site to preserve the cemetery

Meet Apache 8, an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe. The first women’s crew Apache 6 started in 1974. Since then, generations of Apache women have joined Apache men as wildland firefighters taking on monumental blazes on the Reservation and throughout the United States. To see more of Apache 8, a 2011 documentary of this all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, go to: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-508-125q815