Events › Our Stories: Here to stay- Stories of Yavapai-Apache Resilience

Maurice Crandall, an enrolled member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation and Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, will present four stories about Yavapai-Apache leaders who worked in creative—even ingenious—ways to build a future for their people.

In the mid 1870s, the U.S. Army removed various Yavapai and Dilzhe'e Apache groups from the Verde Valley and other parts of Arizona, placing them on the San Carlos Reservation. They remained there until roughly 1900, when various groups began returning to their homelands. Unfortunately, these returning groups were landless, with the best of their former lands occupied by settlers. At this critical moment, when conditions were extremely difficult and relations with nearby non-Indian communities strained, a handful of leaders came forward to ensure the survival of Yavapais and Apaches in their ancestral homelands.

Registration is not required. 
Our Stories presents diverse speakers who share unique Arizona and local history topics to a general audience throughout the year. This series is produced by the Chandler Museum and the Chandler Public Library, with support from the Friends of the Chandler Public Library.