Chiricahua Apache

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Apache group Native American people

The Chiricahua Apache are a Native American people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, historically known for their fierce resistance to U.S. and Mexican expansion under leaders such as Cochise and Geronimo.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Chiricahua Apache canonical 29
Chiricahua Apache warriors 2
Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apache group ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
associatedReservation Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice raiding as a traditional warfare and subsistence strategy ⓘ
use of wickiups as traditional dwellings ⓘ
culturalRegion Greater Southwest ⓘ
surface form: Greater Southwest culture area
currentFederallyRecognizedSuccessor Fort Sill Apache Tribe ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
surface form: Mescalero Apache Tribe
ethnicGroupOf Northern Mexico ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
historicalRole resisted Mexican expansion ⓘ
resisted U.S. expansion ⓘ
involvedInConflict Apache Wars ⓘ
Cochise War ⓘ
surface form: Chiricahua Wars
language Chiricahua language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages

Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Southern Athabaskan languages
nameEtymology derived from a Spanish rendering of an Opata or Yaqui term for a mountain range ⓘ
notableLeader Cochise (Apache leader) ⓘ
surface form: Cochise

Geronimo ⓘ
Juh ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas ⓘ
Naiche ⓘ
Victorio ⓘ
populationStatus dispersed among several reservations and communities ⓘ
postWarStatus held as prisoners of war by the United States ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Northern Mexico ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Jicarilla Apache ⓘ
Lipan Apache ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
Lipan Apache ⓘ
surface form: Plains Apache

Western Apache ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Apache spirituality ⓘ
subgroupOf Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache people
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 19th century ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Arizona ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement surrender of Geronimo in 1886 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus language endangered ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache Wars → opponent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache Wars → opponent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mimbreño Apache
Navajo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache tribes → hasPart → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache → hasSubgroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise (Apache leader) → ethnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
subject surface form: Cochise
Cochise (Apache leader) → partOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
subject surface form: Cochise
this entity surface form: Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache
Geronimo → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise War → participant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise War → primaryBelligerentGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache
Mimbres Apache conflicts → participant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mimbres Apache
Nednhi Apache → ethnicGroupOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Nednhi Apache → subgroupOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Victorio → memberOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apache
Victorio → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas → alliedWith → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache bands
Juh → ethnicity → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Juh → memberOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Juh → militaryBranch → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache warriors
Bascom Affair → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Bascom Affair → involvedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Battle of Apache Pass → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Skeleton Canyon surrender of Geronimo → combatant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Skeleton Canyon surrender of Geronimo → hasParticipant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache band
Skeleton Canyon surrender of Geronimo → associatedWith → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Mescalero Apache → relatedGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → hasParticipant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → opponent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Western Apache → relatedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → ethnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → memberOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → militaryBranch → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache warriors
Lipan Apache → relatedEthnicity → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua language → spokenBy → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache people
Chiricahua language → alsoKnownAs → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua language → usedBy → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Apache community
Kiowa Apache → linguisticRelation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache groups → ethnicGroupingOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ