The meat of the volume is in the accounts of individual Chiricahua women, several from the late nineteenth century and four outstanding women of today. There are stirring stories and recollections of Loze, the warrior sister of the Chihenne leader, Victorio; of Ishton, sister of Geronimo and wife of Juh; of Dahteste, who was with Geronimo at his final surrender; and others. -Alden and Karen Hayes, The Journal of Arizona History
Although many books chronicle the Apache tribes, this is the first to concentrate on the women. -Janet Palmer Mullaney, Belles Lettres, Summer 1991
As Dan Thrapp notes in the foreword to this book, one might think that all Apaches were men, so neglectful have historians been of tribal women. By combining library research with interviews of four outstanding Chiricahua women from the Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and New Mexico Mescalero reservation bands, the author has shown not only the importance of Apache women of yesteryear, but how, via ritual and story-telling, they have kept their culture alive today. -Richard Dillon, True West, January 1992
Based on years of research and countless interviews, this unusual book breaks through many of the barriers surrounding traditional as well as contemporary Chiricahua Apache culture. The Indian women that the author interviewed show, in aggregate, the importance of the oral history tradition, and how storytelling and ritual are indigenous to the preservation of the Apache heritage. -Council Fires Newsletter for Western Americana Enthusiasts
