Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico Wall Art In June of 1876

In June of 1876

as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land

but don’t let those cute looks fool you

Published by Arcadia Publishing in 2009

Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico Wall Art In June of 1876Storytelling has been a vital and vivid tradition in Apache life. Coyote tales, the creation legend and stories of historic battles with Comanche and Anglo intruders create a colorful mosaic of tribal heritage. Percy Bigmouth, a prominent oral historian of the Mescalero and Lipan Apache tribes, realized in the early twentieth century that the old ways were waning. He wrote in longhand what he had learned from his father, Scout Bigmouth, a prison camp