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My ancestors and Nietzsche.The Yavapai-Apache Nation is a sovereign Native American tribe from the Verde Valley, Arizona. Tribal members have two culturally distinct backgrounds and speak two indigenous languages.The Yavapai originate from Yuman-speaking peoples known as the Pai. The Apache descend from an Athapaskan background similar to other Apache groups to the East.Yavapai and Apache history in the Verde Valley spans several hundred years, as two distinct indigenous groups that co-existed in surrounding areas, and as one Indian tribal nation since 1934.The Yavapai-Apache Tribal Administration Complex, Tribal Court, Council Chambers, and Cliff Castle Casino are located on the reservation in Camp Verde, about 90 miles north of Phoenix and 50 miles south of Flagstaff, along Interstate 17.The reservation today spans 665 acres in the four communities of Camp Verde, Middle Verde, Clarkdale, and Rimrock.Story of the Yavapai-Apache Exodus DayOn February 27, 1875, the United States Army, acting on an Executive Order from the President, transferred an estimated 1,500 Yavapai and Dilzhee Apache from the Rio Verde Indian Reserve 180 miles away to the Indian Agency at San Carlos. The forced removal of the indigenous people of the Verde Valley resulted in several hundred lives lost and the loss of several thousand acres of treaty lands promised to the Yavapai-Apache by the United States government.The People were forced to march, under considerable duress, through the winter-flooded rivers, mountainous terrain, and harsh weather under the direction of Indian Commissioner L.E. Dudley and U.S. Army troops. Rather than use the wagon roads that could be used to carry supplies and transport the sick and the elderly, Dudley made the people, young and old, walk through the mountain passes and narrow canyon trails get to San Carlos.The Yavapai and Dilzhee Apache remained in internment at San Carlos for 25 years. When finally released, only about 200 actually made it back to their homeland in the Verde Valley. What they found when they returned was that their land was taken over by Anglo settlers and that there was no longer a place reserved for the Yavapai-Apache people in their own homeland.The Yavapai-Apache people have come a long way since that fateful day in 1875. The entire event, now known as Exodus Day, is reenacted each year by the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the 1875 Removal 1900 Return commemoration. Last February marked the 129th anniversary of Exodus Day, and the Nation honored it with a weekend full of ceremony, traditional song and dancing, food, and other activities for the family and general public.The Seal represents the unity of the Yavapai-Apache people and the coming together of the Tribe as one nation. Below is a description of the symbolism of the Seal from tribal elder and designer of the Seal, the "Arizona Living Legend," David Sine.1. Circle: In our culture, it is the cycle of life that one must face throughout life in this world. We go from home and when life has been completed we return back to the homeland.2. Feathers: In our beginning we were two distinct tribes, warring against the people coming into our valley. Inter-marriages made our togetherness very close in relation as shown in the seal. Together to the very end, our forefathers were all herded to San Carlos.3. Crown: Symbolizes the Apache in our people, proud of being what we are.4. Bell Rock: Symbolizes the Yavapai in our people. It is they, who have their roots to the canyon and surrounding area. Since the beginning of time, their legends tie in the land around all of us.5. Rainbow: This symbolizes our religion. We are taught to believe in something and walk in this beauty of life, not to deviate from what we believe in.6. Colors:Yellow - symbolizes the power of pollen, divinity and perfect ceremonial control. Blue - symbolizes the fruitfulness of mother earth. White - symbolizes the purity of nature's gifts and beauty. Red - symbolizes the power we have within ourselves to lay down our lives for others as our forefathers shed their blood for us to be free. Orange - symbolizes the power of the sun to create and recreate with its radiation."To be an Indian artist, one has to interpret his creations to tie into the Tribe. This makes him a historian of his Tribe." -- David W. Sine, Artist of the Yavapai-Apache Nation
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Long do I dwell in the twilight grottos Awaiting a sign, a touch, a word Feeling the lichen and aeons bind me As I slowly trace my fingers in the clayMemories and scents remind me A drifting remembrance on the breeze Shadowed looks and fond caresses Your eyes when they used to play on meSummer heat and supple skin We used to curl about each other Dragonflies buzzing in the wind As we laughed and dreamed the night awayRemember me and remember us Scents and sights and simple sounds The days they cruelly slip away And leave nothing in their place But a faint token of your golden face As I fade into the darkened ground Mad GypsyA light dance, swaying and weaving about Gives rise to warm feelings of life Then ceaseslowly sense the feet meshed to ground A bubbling from below, the fiery orbA stream, a pulseliquid crimson rising Spiraling about the bodythe legs begin swaying Tremors in the belly, shaking in the legs The body sways like the treesThen ricochetingthe energy takes hold The body jerks and spasmsthe feet lose grip Tossed about like a cork in a storm Warmth and fire burn from withinLoose now, the serpent coils As the coils tighten, the body shakes more Releasing tension, sadness, thorns Giving strength and serenitypeaceThen the storm abatesfalling to the knees Slight tremors, like a morning sprinkle Beginning to understand, to invoke these powers I invoke the afterglow Mad GypsyNo two events are identicalour minds create the illusion of similarity, even absoluteness of similarity between events. The Witch of today is not the Witch of yesterdayand the Witchof tomorrow will never exist, precisely because tomorrow never comesit is always Today.What we believe we see tells us more of these beliefs than what is seen Apply the same to knowledge, emotion, relations, ectad nauseumwandering Mad Gypsy
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