Indeh: An Apache Odyssey, with New Maps

Eve Ball became a confidant of Daklugie, one of the lineage of acclaimed Apache chiefs, and agreed to document their story.It's in the form of a collection of essays, historical short stories, interviews, and migration accounts. This flexible organisation rounds out the nature of the Apache nation in a way that a more formal structure cannot.Some of the content is harrowing, and some is downright amusing. What caught my funnybone were two items: the chilli bomb in the goldminers' church, and the prison break. In the latter case, the search dogs were adopted by the escapers and accompanied them the hundreds of foot miles from Kansas to New Mexico, forming the breed line of the Apache dogs to this day.You can walk past an Apache warrior within a few yards and not even know he's there.Not in the book, but the name Apache is yet another exonym donated by an enemy tribe. Their own name, Indeh/Indah, is related to their cousin tribe the Navajo (Din'e) who migrated with them from the American northwest eons ago.Towards the end of the book, Daklugie tells Eve,"There will be many times when Eugene or I will sit in this chair. You will be unable to see us, but we will be there".

Great book, but the book arrived from the seller with binding separation and loose page sections.The definitive narrative of the incredible abuse of a noble people, the Apache, with treachery, murder, double crossing, starvation and deprivation on and off the reservations by the US government and the military, which rivals the horrors of Auschwitz and Nazi prison camps. The US treated them as subhumans, yet they were very intelligent and skilled people who kept the Creator's instructions to the letter and lived in harmony with Mother Earth and its creatures. It is hard to read of such pain, such loss, and on the American side such egocentric, self-aggrandizing, military behavior. No promises made by the US were kept, no treaty unbroken by the greedy and salacious military.

It’s sad to see great men who fought for one’s existence as seeds of children to remain on this earth great book please read

One of the best books ever written about the Apache, taken from transcripts of the authors conversations with members of the different bands. Many stories and much history all passed down in the oral tradition with excellent cross referencing. An inside and close up look at the religions, traditions and Characters of the Apache odyssey. Geronimo, Victorio, Lozen. Chihuahua, all the great legends and then some. The time period covers from Cochise and before, on through to the imprisonment in the east and at fort Sill.Also the return to the homeland of the Chiricahua and the blending of the Mescalero and Chiricahua people. Most other books about the Apache gleaned much information from this one. As an Author myself I highly recommend this book!

The writing is done well enough, and the story is very interesting. It can be hard to read because of the horrors that the Native American peoples faced, Apache specifically in this book. It remains a fascinating window into a history that is largely glossed over by mainstream America.

I read this book about 10 years ago and remembered liking it so much I bought it to read again.

I heard about Eve Ball while listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series. He said if not for Eve we probably would never have an accurate account from the Apache's point of view even though there are publications of this nature. The difference is the story told to us by Geronimo was given to people working for the United States Government, soldiers that held him captive in a prison or reservation. Eve managed to patiently wait until she earned the friendship and trust of the people she interviewed, people who actually hated White Eyes and had no reason to even want to trust us, but for the matter that the art of telling stories was becoming a thing of the past and they recognized the importance of having someone actually write them down. It took her years to compile and cast a critical eye on each of the accounts. I truly enjoyed the accounts Eve compiled in Indeh and definitely recommend it.

I had not realized until reading this book that the Native Americans were the victims of "genocide." The American Calvary and the majority of those who were in charge of the various reservations were in it for their own benefit; not the Apaches or any of the other tribes mentioned in the book. The Cavalry and the Mexicans thought nothing of killing the Apache women and Children while the Apaches did not kill women and children unless it was absolutely. It is my understanding the Indians on reservations today are starving. I have sent money to them. The United States Government (USG) owes these people and should do all that is necessary to help them. The USG helps people in foreign countries; it is time to help our own people!!

excellent book. very well researched and written by a passionate human being who was so much more than a student of the apache peoples. all those involved in creating this incredible historic volume were true ambassadors of the first nations americans.

Excellent, interesting. The viewpoint of the American Indians, from those who lived through the invasion of the europeans.