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

Jicarilla Apache Star Stories Jicarilla Apache people have a unique connection to the dunes, part of their traditional homeland. For generations, tribal elders have collected magnetic black sand here for use in sand paintings, and continue to do so in the national park by special permit. Patches of black magnetite sand speckled with lighter sand grains are commonly seen on the dunes, and seem to reflect the starry night skies above. Great Sand Dunes' dark skies are a window not only into the uni

Jicarilla Apache Nation President Adrian Notsinneh and NM State Senator Benny Shendo of Jemez Pueblo, a long time ally of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. | Jennifer Muskrat-Velarde

The People's Progress: Jicarilla Apache Nation General Meeting last week. Pt. 2/4 #jicarillaapache #apache #nativeamerican #americanindian #IndianCountry #america #american #usa #nm #nmtrue #NewMexico #newmexicotrue #nativelife #rezlife #life #fyp #progress #progressoverperfection #freedom #FreedomIsntFree #blessed #gettingbackontrack | Jennifer Muskrat-Velarde

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