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Chiricahua
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Chiricahua ( ) is a band of Apache Native Americans.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.caption
- Location of Apache tribes in the late 18th century (Ch – Chiricahua, WA – Western Apache, M – Mescalero, J – Jicarilla, L – Lipan, Pl – Plains Apache, N – Navajo, a separate people speaking a related language)
- Ethnic group.pop
- 4,079
- Ethnic group.popplace
- ,(, )
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 1,662
- Ethnic group.region1
- Fort Sill
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 149
- Ethnic group.pop3
- (, , )
- Ethnic group.region2
- New Mexico
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity, Native American Church, traditional tribal religion
- Ethnic group.langs
- Chiricahua Apache language, English, Spanish
- Ethnic group.related
- Plains Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero Apache, Western Apache, Navajo
- Ethnic group.group
- ChiricahuaNde
- Ethnic group.image
- Apachean ca.18-century.png
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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- Commons category
- Chiricahua Apaches
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- Culture and organization
- Dances
- Religion
- History
- Great Migration
- 18th century
- European-Apache relations
- Hostilities
- Bands
- Notable Chiricahua Apache people
- See also
- References
- Cited works
- Further reading
- External links
Chiricahua ( ) is a band of Apache Native Americans.
Based in the Southern Plains and Southwestern United States, the Chiricahua historically shared a common area, language, customs, and intertwined family relations with their fellow Apaches. At the time of European contact, they had a territory of in Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona in the United States and in Northern Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiricahua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.