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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Apache groups canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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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