When Eve Ball started telling the “oral history” stories she'd heard from the last living warriors who knew Cochise, Victorio, Juh and Geronimo, many dismissed her. Not only did they see her as a teacher who was pretending to be a historian, but the subject matter of Native Americans wasn't seen as important—“their side of the story” wasn't yet valued. That didn't stop this woman who never wrote a word before age 60, but whose numerous books and articles—some published in True West m


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