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Apache

The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan homelands in the north into the Southwest between 1000 and 1500 CE.

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The Apache are Native American peoples who speak Southern Athabaskan languages and historically lived in the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Northern Mexico, with linguistic ties to the Navajo people. They migrated to the Southwest region from northern Athabascan homelands sometime between 1000 and 1500 CE.

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Ethnic group.popplace: Southwest United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma) and Northern Mexico (Sonora, Coahuila, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas)Canada: 825 residents of Canada identified as having Apache ancestry in the 2016 Canadian census.
Ethnic group.langs: Apache, Jicarilla, Plains Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Western Apache, English, and Spanish
Ethnic group.rels: Native American Church, Christianity, Indigenous religion
Ethnic group.related: Navajo and other Athabascan language-speaking tribes
Ethnonym.people: Apache
Ethnonym.language: Apache
Ethnonym.country: Apachería
Ethnic group.group: Apache
Ethnic group.population: 194,715 (self-identified)

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Contents

Contemporary tribes
Name
Difficulties in naming
Tribes and bands
Chiricahua – Mimbreño – Ndendahe
Jicarilla
Lipan
Mescalero
Ethnobotany
Plains Apache
Western Apache
Ethnobotany
Other terms
History
Entry into the Southwest
Conflict with Mexico and the United States
Forced removal
Defeat
Pre-reservation culture
Social organization
Kinship systems
Chiricahua
Jicarilla
Housing
Food
Hunting
Clothing
Undomesticated plants and other food sources
Ethnobotany
Crop cultivation
Trade, raids, and war
Religion
Population history
Languages
Notable historic Apache
See also
Explanatory notes
Citations
General bibliography
Further reading
External links
Tribal websites
Other external links

Apache bands include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Salinero, Plains, and Western Apache (Aravaipa, Pinaleño, Coyotero, and Tonto). Today, Apache tribes and reservations are headquartered in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, while in Mexico the Apache are settled in Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and areas of Tamaulipas. Each tribe is politically autonomous.