The Last Indian Child

Download or read book The Last Indian Child written by Elise Benavidez and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt you are living a life of lies? How did you become this way? Are you living in fear or hoping no one can see through your lies and find out how a woman with difficult circumstances coped and lived through the end of her father's existence, avoiding capture, arrest, imprisonment, even the risk of death and became a survivor? In this book you will learn the following: What happened to a three-year-old Indian child born free The power of a mother's love What caused the Apache wars in 1879 Why she had to live a life of lies How to survive an unbearable situation The Last Indian Child is based on a true story of the author's husband's grandmother. Elise Benavidez has spent twenty years researching the family history. It was an impossible task. The Apache Indians didn't record dates of birth. She had to interview family members and check government records, military, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and census records. She was so surprised to discover her husband's grandmother was the daughter of a well-documented Apache chief, Chief Victorio.