Paths of Life Tour: The Apache (White Mountain, San Carlos, and Tonto)
The Formation of the Reservations
Learn about the imprisonment of the Apache on the San Carlos Agency and what one band attempted to do for their freedom. There is an additional cross word puzzle activity attached below for this portion of the tour.
The Formation of the Reservations
Discussion Questions:
When were the Apache Wars and who were they between?
What was the cause of the friction between the American settlers and the Apache?
When did the Apache Wars start and when did they end?
While being forced to live at the San Carlos Agency, how were Apache identified?
How did living at the San Carlos Agency change their lives?
While living on the San Carlos Agency, how did the Apache creatively use resources to mimic their traditional tools?
In 1885, which Chiricahua Apache leader led a band of Apache off the Agency?
Who helped the federal agents to track down Geronimo and his band, and what were they called?
What hard decisions did these men have to make and, ultimately, what happened to them?
in 1886, what happened to Geronimo and the nearly 500 Apache who were with him?