A fine art, giclée print professionally set in a Crescent Select off white/textured (100% virgin alpha-cellulose surface, acid-free and lignin-free) double mat behind Tru Vue Premium Clear glass in a contemporary gold scoop hardwood frame with a subtle green accent and gold beaded edge. Hanging hardware, protective bumpers, and artist narrative on back.
No people in North American history have suffered as much from stereotypes as have the Apaches. A proud, monotheistic people of the desert and mountains, their history are strikingly similar to those of the ancient Jews. They, too, were enslaved, to produce wealth for Spain and Mexico. Many of them were carried off by the United States army to the swamps of Florida and Alabama as prisoners of war. Their crime had been defending their land -- a land they considered holy -- from invaders who respected neither their culture nor their faith.