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Apaches first encountered European and African people, when they met conquistadors from the Spanish Empire, and thus the term Apache has its roots in the Spanish language. The Spanish first used the term Apachu de Nabajo (Navajo) in the 1620s, referring to people in the Chama region east of the San Juan River. By the 1640s, they applied the ...
Since Goodwin, other researchers have disputed his conclusion of five linguistic groups. They do agree that there are three main Apachean dialects, with several sub-groupings: San Carlos, White Mountain, and; Dilzhę́’é (Tonto). Some 20,000 Western Apache still speak their native language, and the tribes are working to preserve it.
The Chiricahua Apache, also written as Chiricagui, Apaches de Chiricahui, Chiricahues, Chilicague, Chilecagez, and Chiricagua, were given that name by the Spanish.The White Mountain Coyotero Apache, including the Cibecue and Bylas groups of the Western Apache, referred to the Chiricahua by the name Ha'i’ą́há, while the San Carlos Apache called them Hák'ą́yé which means ″Eastern ...
The tribe operates its own housing program, Fort Sill Apache Industries, [1] and the Fort Sill Apache Casino in Lawton. [5] The tribe's 2008 economic impact was $10 million. [ 6 ]
The Jicarilla Apaches are one of the Athabaskan linguistic groups that migrated out of Canada by 1525 CE, possibly several hundred or more years earlier. [7] They eventually settled on what they considered their land, bounded by four sacred rivers in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado–the Rio Grande, Pecos River, Arkansas River, and Canadian River–and containing sacred mountain ...
While there is still more of the Apaches’ story to tell in the Horizon saga — Chapter 2 opens in theaters August 16 — Chief and Crow Shoe shared what they want audiences to get out of the ...
The formal end of the Apache Wars is not clearly defined; while 1886, which saw the Apache leader Geronimo surrender to the Americans and many Chiricahua Apache deported to Florida, is often cited, sporadic fighting continued until the early 20th century. [3] The dining hall of the Phoenix Indian School
Nov. 10—The Apache Corp. enjoyed better than expected production during the third quarter, mostly due to the Permian Basin, and President-CEO John Christmann says Apache's operations in the ...