The articles were the result of the dogged work of journalist, librarian, and historian Lori Davisson along with Edgar Perry, a charismatic leader of White Mountain Apache culture and history programs, and his staff who prepared these summaries of historical information for the local readership of the Scout.ĭavisson helped to pioneer a mutually beneficial partnership with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Along the way, rich descriptions of Ndee ties to the land, subsistance, leadership, and values emerge. This twenty-eight-part series of articles shared Western Apache culture and history through 1881 and the Battle of Cibecue, emphasizing early encounters with Spanish, Mexican, and American outsiders. The book showcases and annotates dispatches published between June 1973 and October 1977, in the tribe’s Fort Apache Scout newspaper. Dispatches from the Fort Apache Scout is the latest outcome of that ongoing commitment. Underneath it all was a group of people dedicated to this important goal. In the 1970s, the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the Arizona Historical Society began working together on a series of innovative projects aimed at preserving, perpetuating, and sharing Apache history.
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