As Chiricahua Apaches fight for their freedom and their right to exist, a greater power called the United States of America wanted to rid the Chiricahua Apache of their homeland, beliefs and culture. As it is noted, the Chiricahuas were the fiercest of all Native American Fighting Groups and did not go down without a fight. Thru trickery, lies, deceit, and the TWO YEAR PROMISE the United States was able to remove the Chiricahuas from the American Southwest completely and nearly destroy their culture. Thru twenty-seven years of imprisonment, the Chiricahua people still exist today and are still able to tell their stories of survival. In 1886, the United States sent over 500 Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children from Arizona to Florida as prisoners of war.For twenty-seven years, the War Department held these people in Florida, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Oklahoma. When the War Department freed Chiricahuas in 1913 and 1914, it sent them either to the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico or to small farms in Oklahoma. Most POW descendants now live in those places. U.S. officials never allowed the Chiricahuas to return home. In 1886, the United States also appropriated the entire Chiricahua Apache homeland. Not even a tiny fraction of our country has been returned to the Chiricahua. —
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 02:51:21 +0000
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