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Once the Apache moved to the Southwest, they developed a flexible subsistence economy that included hunting and gathering wild foods, farming, and obtaining food and other items from Pueblo villages via trade, livestock hunts, and raiding.
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In the past, Apaches traded with some of the surrounding tribes for a variety of items. Individual handicrafts are still occasionally traded to local stores or sold to dealers, but for the most part the economic system on the reservations is part of the larger American cash economy.
23 sie 2023 · With its rich history, and cultural heritage, that points to a lifestyle of excellence, the Apache have held onto the rudiments that forged the foundations of their heritage. We review the historic events, culture, and facts of the Native American tribe.
Today Apachean groups are integrated into the economic systems of the United States. Many Apaches live off the reservations, but those that remain conduct farming and ranching, land management including forestry, hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities, businesses, rodeos and ceremonials.
Economy Subsistence and Commercial Activities . In traditional times, about 40 percent of the diet came from gathered wild plant foods, 35 percent from meat (especially deer), and 25 percent from horticulture.
The system declined unevenly, with Apache raiding escalating more quickly east of the Rio Grande than west of it. Because of political and economic instability in interior Mexico, competition from US traders, and a regional smallpox epidemic most Apaches left their reservations by 1832.
Western Apache were divided into five distinct groups,2 each having its own territory. These groups were: (1) White Mountain Apache, (2) Cibecue Apache, (3) San Carlos Apache, (4) Southern Tonto Apache, (5) Northern Tonto Apache.3 The five groups felt themselves to be quite distinct from
