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The people known as the Apache include several related Native American groups. A neighboring tribe, the Zuni, gave them the name Apachu, meaning “enemy.” They refer to…
The Apache peoples are made up of a group of American Indian tribes that are similar in culture and speak the same language. There are six tribes that make up the Apache: the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Western Apache, and Kiowa. Geronimo by Ben Wittick.
20 lip 2024 · Apache are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) language, which is similar to the Athabaskan languages of Alaska and western Canada.
This began 25 years of fighting between U.S. military forces and the Indians of the Southwest. One cause of the conflict was American settlers’ incursions onto Apache lands for the purpose of gold, silver, and coal mining. Another was Apache resistance to settlement on reservations.
The Apache Indians have a long and storied history. Explore the Apache tribe from their ancient origins and discover their culture and language, meet some of their greatest leaders, and...
From the 1500s through the 1700s the Navajo and the Apache fought Spanish rule and tried to gain territory surrounding the Pueblo communities. They adopted parts of both Pueblo and Spanish cultures, such as horses, sheep, woven goods, and agricultural methods. However, the Navajo and the Apache struggled in the 1800s.
Almost all of the Southwestern tribes, which later spread out into present-day Arizona, Texas, and northern Mexico, can trace their ancestry back to these civilizations. Two powerful Southwest...
