Culture

By *Teresa Noise. Apache Messenger On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the San Carlos Apache Wellness Center said goodbye to its Clinical Director, Dr. Thea Wilshire, with a farewell banquet. Dr. Wilshire was responsible for the clinical services for the Wellness Center, including all therapeutic day services. She has 21 years …

The Winchester Rifle Model 1873 was “The gun that won the West.” At least, that’s what I read in one of the opening frames of the movie, Winchester 73, a classic black and white Western from 1950 staring Jimmy Stewart. In the film, a special “One of One Thousand” version …

It may be hard to believe that the hulking piece of machinery now on display at Bullion Plaza Museum was once praised by Thomas Edison as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World” and inspired John Hendel writing for The Atlantic magazine  that, “…to embark on Linotype – was to embark …

TUCSON- On a cold winter morning, Jeff Power was lighting a fire in his remote Arizona cabin when he heard a noise, grabbed his rifle, and walked out the front door. Someone in the dark shouted, “Throw up your hands!” Shots rang out from inside and outside the cabin, and …

Five years ago, a man had a vision of an upwardly mobile people with their own college, respect for tradition and a strong sense of cultural identity. The tiny plant that grew from the seeds of that vision poked its head above the soil last month with the opening of …

(First published on May 31 2014)  Native artists bring a message to San Carlos in a mural Thanks to three young Native artists and a grant from a national organization affiliated with world-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey, an eleven and a half foot mural of an Apache woman now stands behind the …