5610 x 3717 px | 47,5 x 31,5 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
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As part of the preparation for her Sunrise Dance an Apache girl learns how to make bread from her mother the San Carlos Indian Reservation Arizona USA June 2004 The Sunrise Dance a first menstruation rite is the most important ceremony of the Apache Indians It is held during the summer within one year after the girl has had her first menstruation and lasts for four days The ceremony is an enactment of the Apache creation myth and during the rites the girl becomes Changing Woman a mythical female figure and comes into possession of her healing powers The rites are also supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants
