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Cochise was portrayed by Jeff Morrow in a 1961 episode of Bonanza. [17] "Cochise" is an instrumental piece in the album Guitars, by Mike Oldfield. Audioslave's debut single "Cochise" is named after the chief. In an interview, guitarist Tom Morello said that Cochise was "the last great American Indian chief to die free and absolutely unconquered ...
Naiche, whose name in English means "meddlesome one" or "mischief maker", is alternately spelled Nache, Nachi, or Natchez. [2]He was the youngest son of Cochise and his wife Dos-teh-seh (Dos-tes-ey, - "Something-at-the-campfire-already-cooked", b. 1838), His older brother was Tahzay.
Cochise County – named after the eponymous Chiricahua chief, from k'uu-ch'ish, meaning "oak". [ 2 ] Coconino County – named after the extinct Coconino tribe, of which the Havasupai are descended from.
Cochise County in 1881. Cochise County was created on February 1, 1881, out of the eastern portion of Pima County. [8] It took its name from the Chiricahua Apache war chief Cochise. [9] [10] The county seat was Tombstone until 1929 when it moved to Bisbee.
Official name Tribe(s) Endonym Est. Pop. (2010) [1] Area mi 2 (km 2) [2] County Notes Ak-Chin Indian Community: Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham, Pima, Maricopa, Tohono Oʼodham: ʼAkĭ Ciñ O'odham 1912 1,001 34.1 (88.3) Pinal: Cocopah Indian Reservation: Cocopah: Xawitt Kwñchawaay 1917 817 9.4 (24.3) Yuma: Colorado River Indian Reservation: Mohave ...
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. Does your town's name have Native American roots? The answer might surprise you
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.
The Cochise tradition lasted nearly five millennia, from circa 5000 until circa 200 BC. Its earliest manifestation is known as Sulphur Spring; its two later phases, the Chiricahua and San Pedro, are much better known. The Cochise tradition was named after Lake Cochise, an ancient lake now found in the Willcox Playa of Cochise County, Arizona.