Apache indianer religion Die ethnische Religion der Apachen. 1 Die Apachen gehören zu den bekanntesten Indianern Amerikas. Die Bezeichnung Apache in der spanischen Sprache wurde erstmals erwähnt. 2 Zu den Apachen werden heute allgemein die Westlichen Apache, Christian F. Feest: Beseelte Welten – Die Religionen der Indianer Nordamerikas. 3 In der Pima-Sprache bedeutet Apache = Feinde. Sie sind ein Volk der südlichen athapaskischen Sprachgruppe der Déné-Sprachfamilie. 4 Apache, North American Indians who, under such leaders as Cochise, Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, and Victorio, figured largely in the history of the Southwest during the latter half of the 19th century. Their name is probably derived from a Spanish transliteration of ápachu, the term for “enemy” in Zuñi. 5 The association of Mission Indians in northeastern Mexico with peyote and mitote provides key evidence that helps explain how Lipan Apaches adopted the religious use of peyote. Lipan oral tradition identifies the Carrizo Nation as the source of the rite that includes the religious use of peyote. 6 The Apache (/ ə ˈ p æ tʃ i /) are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and Janero), Salinero, Plains (Kataka or Semat or "Kiowa-Apache") and Western Apache. 7 Native American religions, religious beliefs and sacramental practices of the indigenous peoples of North and South America. Until the s it was commonly assumed that the religions of the surviving Native Americans were little more than curious anachronisms, dying remnants of humankind’s childhood. 8 Apache religion, expressed in poetic terms, has passed from generation to generation. This is the background and the heritage of our people, the Mescalero Apaches. Mescalero Apache Puberty Rite Ceremony One of the most traditional and sacred ceremonies practiced by the Mescalero Apache is the puberty rite ceremony. 9 1 Spiritual Forces. The Apache believe that their ancestors are guiding forces and are living among them as part of nature, such as rocks, trees, wind or mountains. They treat nature with dignity and respect out of reverence for their ancestors. Dances are used to communicate with the spirits. apache tribe facts 10