2021 Spring Gateway Magazine

New Apache Clan Project
Seeking Participants for Pilgrimage to Clan Homelands
In February, the Apache
Clan Project announced the
15-month grant project to research
and compile information
on the Apache clans and their
homelands.
The Apache Clan Project plans
to travel to four different areas of
Apache clan homelands; the Chiricahua/Discheen
homelands, the Aravaipa
homelands, the Tonto/Camp
Verde homelands, and the White
Mountain homelands. In an effort
to begin interviews with clan members
and plan the pilgrimage trips,
San Carlos Apache tribal members
are being asked to contact San Carlos
Apache Culture Center Director
Marlowe Cassadore or Apache
Clan Project Coordinator Tia Early
if their clans are from these areas.
The Apache Clan Project is interested
in hearing any stories about your
clan, their practices in food harvesting
and preparations as well as other
historical and cultural information
that can be shared with others who
wish to learn more about their clan
Giant Apache Squash
and where they came from.
As part of this Apache Clan Project,
the mission is to help tribal
members to identify themselves as
being from a certain clan with positive
characteristics and traits that
will strengthen their awareness of
who they are and also learn of the
healthy foods their clans ate in their
homeland regions. Additional information
such as family stories
about different experiences and other
historical information about the
clans can also be shared through
interviews and become a part of archiving
efforts for our Apache people
as all information will become
available through the San Carlos
Apache Culture Center for others.
The first Homeland pilgrimage
will be to the Cochise Stronghold
Mountains and we are currently focusing
on gathering a list of Chiricahua/Eastern
Discheen clan descendants
who are interested in joining
the pilgrimage to learn or share.
Within the project scope, the activities
planned include travel to clan
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