CHI CH'IL (acorns): Dissolution of traditional Dilzhe'e gathering practice(s) due to federal control of the landscape

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  • Authors: Coder, Christopher; Randall, Vincent; Smith-Rocha, Elizabeth; Hines, Rozella
  • Publication Year: 2005
  • Publication Series: Proceedings (P)
  • Source: In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Gebow, Brooke S.; Eskew, Lane G.; Edminster, Carleton B., comps. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Proc. RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 277-281

Abstract

The radical transformation of the Southwestern landscape over the last century has had multiple repercussions. It is our belief that it was confiscation of the Dilzhe’e (Tonto Apache) home country, combined with evolving control of the land by Federal agencies after 1905, as much as the wars of conquest, which caused the dissolution of traditional Dilzhe’e, practice(s) and associated wisdom. In support of that claim this short paper focuses on the personal experience of Dilzhe’e Elders of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.

  • Citation: Coder, Christopher; Randall, Vincent; Smith-Rocha, Elizabeth; Hines, Rozella 2005. CHI CH''IL (acorns): Dissolution of traditional Dilzhe''e gathering practice(s) due to federal control of the landscape. In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Gebow, Brooke S.; Eskew, Lane G.; Edminster, Carleton B., comps. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Proc. RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 277-281
  • Keywords: acorns, land management, resources, water, history, Native Americans
  • Posted Date: June 9, 2006
  • Modified Date: August 3, 2007

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