On Becoming Apache

A spiraling exploration of Apache life, mythology, and identity

About the author

Harry Mithlo, enrolled citizen of Comanche Nation and Chiricahua Apache son of Watson Mithlo, is an active cattle rancher. He is a retired educator who served on the Comanche Nation Business Committee as an elected official. He resides in Lawton, Oklahoma, with his wife Juanita Pahdopony, in the heart of Comanche country.

Summary

Tells the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family, and his life. This story tells Watson's lived history as the Chiricahua were relocated from Arizona to Florida to Alabama and finally to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. But this is also a story of Harry Mithlo, Watson's son, and Conger Beasley, Harry's friend.

Product details

• Authors: Conger Beasley, Conger Beasley Jr., Harry Mithlo
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781682830598
• ISBN: 978-1-68283-059-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Series: Voice in the American West
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore