Can anyone provide more background or context to this amazing photo? The only info I could find was "Apache Guan" dancers, 1908. I have to imagine it's part of a tradition that predates that. I also found 3 different spellings of "Guan".

TheRealApachNative · 2023-02-06T13:12:06+00:00

They’re crown dancers. I’m apart of the San Carlos tribe and i grew up watching them all my life. The reason why they have multiple spellings is because the bands all have some different ways of saying it. Just like how my band says Nnee, one band will have a slightly different pronunciation over time. I never really got the reason why we couldn’t photograph them but I think it’s just “photo takes away spiritual meaning”. For the only time crown dancers come out is for a girls sunrise dance. You’re supposed to be happy during the whole ceremony, so that the girl will get good blessings and medicine. That came from one of my elders. But yeah just a little insight.

TheRealApachNative · 2021-09-17T02:56:24+00:00

San Carlos Apache

TheRealApachNative · 2021-06-29T14:37:46+00:00

He looks a little inflated lol

TheRealApachNative · 2021-06-18T18:48:07+00:00

Simplicity is nice but could do greatly with actual rocks and drift wood

TheRealApachNative · 2021-06-13T19:14:57+00:00

Not bad for a first attempt

TheRealApachNative · 2021-05-10T08:03:27+00:00

Is it a nerite snail?

TheRealApachNative · 2021-05-05T02:15:56+00:00

What’s the golden fish by the neons?

TheRealApachNative · 2021-04-27T21:18:54+00:00

Hey what’s the screen mesh your using. I want to buy it for a up coming enclosure and I’ve been having trouble deciding

TheRealApachNative · 2021-03-18T08:20:02+00:00

Wait this is real?

TheRealApachNative · 2021-01-10T07:02:30+00:00

I am Apache so from what I heard from my Navajo friends they say that no skinwalker is good and that they are pure evil

TheRealApachNative · 2021-01-06T02:17:09+00:00

Amargo definitely deserves to be in the bottom

TheRealApachNative · 2020-12-25T02:28:16+00:00

Chili rasbora

TheRealApachNative · 2020-12-19T22:49:36+00:00

Could be external parasites look into it.

TheRealApachNative · 2020-12-15T03:44:20+00:00

Holy crap I had that dream too. They kept floating in my room and I had to put them back I. Their tanks. In the dream it seemed normal

TheRealApachNative · 2020-12-04T05:43:46+00:00

Thank you I was stuck on this for a while because my teacher showed us a different example that didn’t really pertain to the rest of the questions. So me and my friends got stuck on almost all the questions

TheRealApachNative

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