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Overview
In the 1940s and 1950s, long before historians fully accepted oral tradition as a source, Eve Ball (1890-1984) was taking down verbatim the accounts of Apache elders who had survived the army's campaigns against them in the last century. These oral histories offer new versions—from Warm Springs, Chiricahua, Mescalero, and Lipan Apache—of events previously known only through descriptions left by non-Indians.
A high school and college teacher, Ball moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico, in 1942. Her house on the edge of the Mescalero Apache Reservation was a stopping-off place for Apaches on the dusty walk into town. She quickly realized she was talking to the sons and daughters of Geronimo, Cochise, Victorio, and their warriors. After winning their confidence, Ball would ultimately interview sixty-seven people.
Here is the Apache side of the story as told to Eve Ball. Including accounts of Victorio's sister Lozen, a warrior and medicine woman who was the only unmarried woman allowed to ride with the men, as well as unflattering portrayals of Geronimo's actions while under attack, and Mescalero scorn for the horse thief Billy the Kid, this volume represents a significant new source on Apache history and lifeways.
Editorial Reviews
CHOICE Magazine
This is an exciting book to read. It contains short ‘true adventure' stories (frequently tragic). . . .Denver Westerner's Roundup
. . . this very readable book . . . adds to the body of knowledge available about the Apache people.Journal of the West
Robinson has done some excellent homework and editing to make the accounts . . . live with thorough footnoting, explanation, anecdote and insight.MultiCultural Review
Recommended.Southwest BookViews
Ball's original books were important for providing at least a portion of a more balanced account. Robinson has improved that balance even more with her additional research and corrections.The Journal of Arizona History
Sherry Robinson's Apache Voices is a significant new source for Apache history. . . .Robinson masterfully arranges these untold Apache stories into four parts and provides illuminating chapter introductions.Library Journal
Robinson, a New Mexico journalist, has compiled previously unpublished Apache stories and reminiscences from the uncataloged papers of Eve Ball (1890-1984), which are held in the archives of Brigham Young University. Teacher and writer Ball moved to Ruidoso, NM, adjacent to the Mescalero Apache Reservation, in 1942 and began recording stories as she gained the friendship and confidence of the Apache people there. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, she conducted detailed interviews with 67 elderly Apaches. The memoirs selected by Robinson for inclusion here cover many aspects of Apache history and culture--from riveting accounts of 1880s battles with the U.S. and Mexican armies to detailed descriptions of plant and animal lore. This collection provides a vivid, compelling portrait of Apache history and life as seen from the Apache perspective and is a valuable addition to the study of oral history. Highly recommended for anthropology and Native American studies collections in academic libraries.--Elizabeth Salt, Otterbein Coll. Lib., Westerville, OH Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.Product Details
Meet the Author
Sherry Robinson is a journalist and freelance writer living in Albuquerque.
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