Cherokee Indians Death Rituals

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Apache Indians The Apache Indians had many rituals for birth and death. Some of which are when the women died they weren't buried, the ceremonies were done at night, and when the babies were born they had a piece taken off of their ear. These rituals were very important to the Apache. The rituals for death were different than you would think.The women didn’t get a ceremony like the men did. The men when they died they had ceremonies. The women weren't noticed. When the men died that was important it was a big deal. The men were the ones that got the food this was the most important job that’s one less man to gather food. A Indian man was asked about the women that just recently died he said “ It was a woman; her death is of no account."(History.com) The ceremonies were a very important time to recognize the departed. These ceremonies were taken place at night.This was because they didn’t like any outsiders to be near the burial grounds because it was a very personal place. This why they did this at night so no one would see …show more content…
The medicine man would bless them by putting cattail pollen on them. The male babies were put in cradle board that is what they put the babies in to carry them from place to place if traveling.The baby boys were lifted in all four directions. For the girls they were placed in the cradle board and lifted towards the east. The babies when they were born would have a chip of their ear taken off. When the babies were able to walk on their own they would get a special ceremony to give them strength and courage. When the girls started puberty they would have a ceremony called the ”sunrise ceremony”. All Indians are different and have their own religion and culture. The Apache Indians had many birth and death rituals. Some of which were the ceremonies and burial rituals. The birth rituals were a big part too. The Apache Indians were very different with different cultural
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