Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars w/ Gregory McNamee

Saturday

Join us at the Phippen Museum for a compelling Humanities lecture featuring Gregory McNamee, a prolific writer, editor, photographer, and publisher with an impressive body of work, including forty-five books and numerous articles. McNamee is also a contributing editor to the Encyclopedia Britannica and a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona.

Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars
Their names resound in Arizona history and pepper the of the state map, McNamee delves into the tangled history that surrounds the so-called “Apache Wars”, when fully half of the active U.S. Army descended on the territory to combat a relative handful of Indigenous warriors. Ironically, the Apache peoples of the Southwest had once welcomed the arrival of the Americans as a buffer against Mexico, which regularly attacked Apache settlements— only for the relationship to sour as miners and loggers began encroaching on their lands. What began as a defensive stance escalated into a relentless guerrilla war that lasted over twenty-five years. Discover the tangled history of these conflicts and the uneasy peace that followed.

Admission is free, so don’t miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Arizona’s past from one of its most knowledgeable historians. For more information, visit McNamee’s web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com.