Apache groups

E377933

Apache groups are culturally related Native American peoples of the Southwestern United States known for their distinct Athabaskan languages, semi-nomadic lifestyle, and resistance to European and American expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Apache groups canonical 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States
Native American peoples
arePartOf Athabaskan language family
areSpeakersOf Chiricahua language
Jicarilla language
Lipan language
Mescalero language
Navajo language
Lipan Apache language
surface form: Plains Apache language

Western Apache language
culturalArea southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Plains (later period)
surface form: Great Plains (for Plains Apache)
currentPopulationRegion Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicGroupingOf Chiricahua Apache
Jicarilla Apache
Lipan Apache
Mescalero Apache
Navajo people
surface form: Navajo (Diné)

Lipan Apache
surface form: Plains Apache

Western Apache
governedBy tribal governments recognized by the United States
haveClanSystem some Apache groups
knownFor adaptation to arid environments
warfare and raiding on colonial frontiers
languageFamily Southern Athabaskan
surface form: Southern Athabaskan languages
lifestyle semi-nomadic
notableHistoricalLeaders Cochise (Apache leader)
surface form: Cochise

Geronimo
Mangas Coloradas
Victorio
relatedTo Athabaskan-speaking peoples
Navajo people
religion Christianity (some members)
Native American Church
surface form: Native American Church (some members)

traditional Apache spirituality
resisted Mexican expansion
Spanish colonial expansion
United States expansion
traditionalDwelling tipi (especially Plains Apache)
wickiup
traditionalRegion Arizona
New Mexico
Northern Mexico
Oklahoma
southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States

Texas
traditionalSubsistence gathering
hunting
limited agriculture
raiding

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