25 Knives Apache Warriors Carried When Everything Else Was Taken Away

American Weapons Memories

American Weapons Memories

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25 Knives Apache Warriors Carried When Everything Else Was Taken Away

After the rifles were surrendered at Skeleton Canyon, Apache people still had one thing the Army couldn't take away: an edge. This video explores the blades they relied on once guns were confiscated, including stone knives tied to the belt, bone blades ground on sandstone and points picked up from old pueblo ruins, and ends with the sharpest edge of all, a volcanic glass flake used once and thrown away.