Term Papers on Mescalero Apaches

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Mescalero Apaches

The Mescalero Apache

The Mescalero Apache derive their name from the food, mescal, the agave or
century plant and an important part of their diet. Apache comes from the Zuni
word meaning enemy while Apaches call themselves the People. The Mescalero
Apache originally live east from the Rio Grande to the Pecos and west to the
Texas Plains, but today their reservation is in southeastern New Mexico near
Alamogordo. Before the presence of non-natives, there was about 3,000 Mescaleros,
but today of the 25,000 other Apaches, 3,500 live on the Mescalero Reservation.

The Mescalero Apaches originated from the Athapaskans, who immigrated from
Asia and the headed to the Southwestern United States. Once the Apaches were
exposed to the Spanish trading and then raiding interchanged. Then the Comanches
forced the Apaches into the mountains causing semi-poverty. When the Apaches
side with the United States during the Mexican War, the U.S. took the Apache
land because of their alliance. When many Mescaleros rejected the taking of
land, they revolted causing the Apaches to be put on a reservation. The
Mescalero Apaches faced some hardships while on their reservation, but finally
adapted.

The Apaches valued women very much and were matrilineal because the women
owned the house and that is how descendants traced their origin. They respected
the elderly and valued honesty. Women had special tasked they attended to like
cooking, building the house, caring for children, weaving baskets, and gathering
fuel. Men also had tasks that included hunting, raiding, and waging war.
Marriage rituals were non-existent although pre marriage practices were done in
preparation. All Apaches avoided death and ghosts although they believed the
afterlife was a paradise. The Mesca...

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