Minute Out In It: Apache Crown Dancers

The Apache Crown Dance is a ceremonial dance that "celebrates ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from the Creator." The dancers embody the Gaan (Mountain Spirits), wearing masks and ornate wooden crowns replete with deep symbolism. The dance is done with five members, each with a specific role. Spend a Minute Out In It with the Apache Crown Dancers, from White Mountain Apache--one of the 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona--as they conduct ceremony at the Grand Canyon.
To learn more about the White Mountain Apache Tribe, visit: www.wmat.us/
NPS Video / Rader Lane
An audio-described version of the film can be found here: www.nps.gov/me...

[@SacredOwlWoman]

Infinity is our echo. I love love you family. Blessings

[@PaulCozad]

Kiowa-Apache here in the house!!! I love love love this!!! Oklahoma 2024

[@Lily-flying]

God bless my people. 💕

[@edwardmorgan672]

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[@hostilesavage4299]

Ndee...

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

So this video teaches us jingle bells made with stainless steel and blue jeans along with milled wood were all part of Apache traditions. They were clearly trend setters for so many others who took up the same traditions all over the world.The recent videos on this channel are truly revealing. Can't wait to see what else they will show us. It's been a ride for sure the past few months.

[@superchuckanucka]

Nope, nope, nope. Colonizers brought Jean cloth, disease, silver bells, and genocide. Get it right.

[@thatsme4029]

hard to believe, when u see one wearing cut off jeans 😮 come on now ! stick to tradition

[@tristantsosie1624]

That’s what they wear someone’s not native😭

[@hostilesavage4299]

@thatsme4029 Nobody's telling you to believe anything. So dont worry about native life or traditions... Go do something meaningful with yourself besides disrespecting what you know nothing about nor concerns you.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@tristantsosie1624 So prejudiced. My oh my. Thanks to this video we have all learned that Apache traditional wear includes stainless steel jingle bells and blue jeans and milled wood. Now that's what I call traditional alright. Clearly the Europeans were impressed and raced to learn how to make and use these same features. The power of influence.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@hostilesavage4299 Yeah,, why worry about it. it's not like they aren't a totally independent people thriving and striving and certainly not many living off of tax payers money. Because if they were doing that, that would be worthy of having a say so with great concern, and wondering, if they are taking the money then shouldn't they be respecting the givers instead of demanding the givers respect the takers? But of course that's not the situation at all. Right? By the way, if you really don't think the video is for people to learn or be concerned about, you should seriously take that up with the people who posted the video on a world wide website for everyone to see. As long as it is there with the promotion of being educational and with the hope enough will be concerned to watch it, your meaningful task is waiting for you there.

[@khoiwilson4300]

Guys it’s a clown