Contents Homelands 4 Society 6 Homes 8 Food 10 Clothing 12 Crafts 14 Family 16 Children 18 Traditions 20 War 22 Contact with Europeans 24 Geronimo 26 The Apache Today 28 Glossary 30 Online Resources 31 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 Homelands The Apache moved from northern Canada to their new desert homeland around 1200 CE The Apache settled in the deserts plains and mountains of the Southwest The Apache name comes from a Zuni word meaning the Enemy Early Spanish colonists used this name for all people who spoke the Athabaskan language But each tribe of Athabaskan-speaking people has its own preferred name One of the larger tribes was the Jicarilla They lived in northeastern New Mexico The Mescalero lived in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico The Mimbreños lived in southwestern New Mexico The Chiricahua lived in southern Arizona and northern Mexico The Dilzhe’e Tonto Aravaipa and Coyotero lived in central and eastern Arizona The Lipan lived in Mexico Texas and Oklahoma 4
The Apache homelands included the Salt River Canyon in Arizona 5
