As the last Native American group to reach
a peace accord with the U.S. government,
the Chiricahua Apache often were featured
in the press. Famous warriors Geronimo and Naiche
were photographed many times, and their story has
been the basis of numerous feature films.
The story of the Chiricahua Apaches’ conflicts first with the
Spaniards and Mexicans who claimed
their homeland, and later with the Americans expanding into the
region in a policy of Manifest Destiny,
has become a mix of history and heresy. The full story will
never be completely known.
This presentation contains a collection of historic photos
from the end of an era - the late 1800s that tell the story
of
the clash of the people trying save their life-ways and
home-
land and the people who believed the land was empty and
open for settlement. THIS MONTH’S PRESENTER: Rebecca “Becky”
Orozco tea-
ches history and anthropology at Cochise College. She is a
third-
generation resident of Cochise County whose grandfather lived
in
Tombstone when Chiricahua Apaches still moved through the
region.
Her undergraduate degree is in anthropology (1974) and her
graduate
degree is in history (1987) from the University of Arizona. She
served as a liaison for the Chiricahua Apaches during the
1980s as they returned to Arizona to commemorate the final
surrender of Geronimo. She has travelled widely and lived
in Peru, Ecuador, and Guatemala, where she worked as an
archaeologist. As director for a provider of Elderhostel
programs she designed and led educational journeys throughout
Latin America. Her hobbies are
international travel and volunteering in her hometown of Bisbee
She has a daughter, Sara Xochitl
Orozco, who, Becky says, “spent her youth being drug around
archaeology sites in Latin America.”
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED by 3 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program
because the meeting room capacity is limited by the fire code
and because the restaurant needs
advance notice to schedule sufficient staff for our event.
No entry fee. Donations will be requested to benefit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center education programs.
Guests may select & purchase dinner from the restaurant’s
general menu.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center presents: “Chiricahua Apaches in
Myth and History”
with Rebecca Orozco
September 18, 2014, 6 to 8:30 PM
THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES IN MEXICO MARCH 1886.
PHOTO BY C. S. FLY Arizona Historical Society
GERONIMO, 1883 PHOTO BY A. FRANK RANDALL Arizona Historical
Society
NAICHE AND GERONIMO FORT BOWIE, ARIZONA, SEPTEMBER 1886 Arizona
Historical Society
“Chiricahua Apaches in Myth and History” with Rebecca Orozco
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” Dinner and Presentation
at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S. Mission Rd.,
Tucson
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS THROUGH OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER
ONLY, PLEASE*
September 18, 2014, 6 to 8:30 PM
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center presents:
* Please contact Old Pueblo for your restaurant reservation:
520-798-1201 or [email protected].
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” Dinner and Presentation
at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S. Mission Rd.,
Tucson
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS THROUGH OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER
ONLY, PLEASE*
