Mildred Cleghorn
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Mildred Cleghorn was first chairperson of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe
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Mildred Imoch Cleghorn, whose Apache
names were Eh-Ohn and Lay-a-Bet, was one of the last Chiricahua
Apaches born under a "prisoner of war" status. She was an educator and traditional doll maker, and was regarded as a cultural leader. She served as tribal chairperson from 1976 until 1995 and focused on sustaining history and traditional Chiricahua culture.
Fort Sill Apache Tribe
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma.-History:The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is composed of Chiricahua Apache. The Apache are southern Athabaskan-speaking peoples who migrated many centuries ago from the subarctic to...
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Mildred Imoch Cleghorn, whose Apache
Apache
Apache is the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States originally from the Southwest United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan language, which is related linguistically to the languages of Athabaskan...
names were Eh-Ohn and Lay-a-Bet, was one of the last Chiricahua
Chiricahua
Chiricahua are a group of Apache Native Americans who live in the Southwest United States. At the time of European encounter, they were living in 15 million acres of territory in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona in the United States, and in northern Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico...
Apaches born under a "prisoner of war" status. She was an educator and traditional doll maker, and was regarded as a cultural leader. She served as tribal chairperson from 1976 until 1995 and focused on sustaining history and traditional Chiricahua culture.