Her birth name is not spoken by the Apache people. She is known as Gouyen, meaning “Wise Woman” or “the one who is wise.” The respect she is given was hard-earned. Gouyen was born around 1857 into the ...

Cordelia watched as the Apache women gathered under a tree near the creek. Most carried their children, some in baskets strapped to their backs, others in their arms. They looked anxiously at the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Photographs of Native Americans and ...

Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Beyond Geronimo: the Apache Experience organized by and held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 11, 2012-Jan. 20, 2013. An Arizona Centennial Legacy ...