Burial—Everywhere throughout the hills and mountains of the reservation one finds small heaps of stones. In most instances these mark Apache graves. A favorite place of burial is a[pg 134] cleft in the rocks, in which the body is placed by the deceased's relatives and covered with stones. These small stones are always deposited one at a time, the Apache believing that to put them on the body all at once would shorten the life of the one so doing. Infants are usually placed on the upper branches of large cedar or piñon trees. The child is wrapped in its carrier, or cradle-board, which is left face up and covered with any sort of cloth, the belief being that the souls of infants are not strong enough to come out through the stones, should they be placed in the ground and covered therewith.
After-world—Re-created in the human form, Apache spirits are supposed to dwell in a land of peace and plenty, where there is neither disease nor death. The Milky Way is the path of all souls to the after-world. Yólkai Nalí̆n is the guardian goddess of this spirit land, and the spirits of the dead are supposed to journey four days before reaching it. Formerly horses were killed beside the grave of the dead, that they might use them in the after-world. For the same reason wearing apparel was also placed at the grave, together with available articles of adornment and accoutrement.
Names for Indian Tribes—
Apache - Ndĕ (The People)
Arivaipa Apache - Chulĭnné̆
Chiricahua Apache - Aiahán (People of the East)
Coyotero Apache - Klĭnápaha (Many Travel Together)
Havasupai - Dĕzhí̆piklakŭlh (Women Dress in Bark)
Hopi - Tsekŭlkĭnné̆ (Houses on the Rocks)
Navaho - Yutahán (Live Far Up)