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Definition: Apache from Philip's Encyclopedia

Athabascan-speaking tribe of Native North Americans that live in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Divided culturally into Eastern Apache (including Mescalero and Kiowa) and Western Apache (including Coyotero and Tonto), they migrated from the NW with the Navajo in about ad 1000 but separated to form a distinct tribal group. They retained their earlier nomadic raiding customs, which brought them into military conflict with Mexico and the USA during the 19th century. The total population is now c.11,000.

Apache

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of an American Indian people who migrated from Canada to Arizona, and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and north Mexico, between AD 850 and 1400. The Apache language belongs to the Athabaskan linguistic group, through which they are related to the neighbouring Navajo . Buffalo hunting and raiding were traditional. Known as fierce horse warriors from the 18th century, the Apache fought prominently against US settlement, Cochise and Geronimo being notable 19th-century leaders. The Apache now live on reservations in Arizona, southwest Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Government agencies, tourism, and ranching form the basis of their modern economy. Their population numbers about 57,000 (2000). Leadership Each Apache group was made up of 10 to 20 bands. A band was a unit of about 50 families that lived, travelled, hunted, gathered, and raided together, led by an informal chief. Several bands might be united under one informal chief, who was recognized as the strongest headman. Wars…
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Full text Article APACHE

From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article The Americas
Apache
A Native North American nation of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Their name comes from the ZUÑI and means ‘enemy’, but they call themselves Diná , meaning ‘people’. They were nomadic hunters and gatherers and spoke ATHABASKAN dialects. Inhabitants of the Great Plains, they moved southwards…
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From Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
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The Apache are an indigenous, or native, people whose ancestors inhabited the southwestern United States. More than a dozen separate groups once ranged over an area that included northern and eastern Arizona, New Mexico, central and western Texas, southern Colorado, and western Oklahoma and Kansas, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(Әpăch'ē), Native North Americans of the Southwest composed of six culturally related groups. They speak a language that has various dialects and belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages ), and their ancestors entered the area about 1100. The…
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From Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples & Fighting Groups Full text Article ENTRIES
A Native American tribe of the Southwestern plains and northern Mexico. The Apaches are a tribe of Native Americans whose territory once included western Texas, New Mexico, eastern Arizona, and northern Mexico. The name Apache probably comes from a Zuni Indian word apachu which means “enemy.” …
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Current Locations: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma Language Family: Athabascan (Na-Dené) The Apache are one of the best known tribes in the Southwest and count among their leaders Cochise, Geronimo, Mangas Coloradas, and Naiche, known for resisting the Mexican and American governments. The Apache are…
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Full text Article THE APACHE

From Handy Answer: Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples Full text Article SOUTHWEST
The Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) was on the...
We have come from the earth, and we belong to the earth. —The White Mountain Apache Tribe The Apache migrated into the Southwest before the eleventh century. They formed a small part of a large migration of Athapascan peoples from the subarctic north and are closely related to the Navajo. They…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
North American Indians of the southwestern U.S. Their name comes from a Zuñi word meaning “enemy.” Most Apache live on five reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Culturally, the Apache are divided into Eastern Apache, which include the Mescalero, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, and Lipan, and Western…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of an American Indian people who migrated from Canada to Arizona, and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and north Mexico, between AD 850 and 1400. The Apache language belongs to the Athabaskan linguistic group, through which they are related to the neighbouring Navajo . Buffalo hunting…
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Full text Article Apache Maidens' Puberty Rites

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
The Apache Maidens' Puberty Rites are a celebration of the coming-of-age of girls of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, held for four days and four nights around the FOURTH OF JULY in Mescalero, N.M. Besides the puberty rites, there are other events: a rodeo, a powwow with cash prizes for dancers, a parade…
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Full text Article APACHE WEB SERVER

From 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
‘A last stand against the commercialization of the Web.’ Apache is the most popular web server software in the world, delivering around two-thirds of all websites. Incredibly, thanks to a 21-year-old university drop-out from California, it is free, hacked together by a loose coalition of volunteer…
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