The Lipan Apache welcoming ceremony begins with blessings and ends with buffalo stew. Attendees form a semicircle around a white tipi — built moments earlier — and hold burning bundles of sage.
It’s been more than a century since buffalo were bred and herded by Texas’ Lipan Apache. The animal was once an essential resource for that tribe, but they were slaughtered in the 19th and 20th ...
One side: a male Apache Indian riding a horse alongside pack of buffalo. He is hunting with a bow and arrow. Other side: an Apache Indian with elaborate headdress and costume doing a dance. He holds ...