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How were the Apache and Navajo different from other Southwest peoples?
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The Navajo and Apache are (not were) different but related people. The Navajo Nation is one of the biggest tribes today with over 300,000 members as of 2014. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles. The Apache live on nine different reservations and number about 55,000.
The languages are in the same language family but not the same. A little like Italian and Spanish which are both in the Romance family. Some words are the same or similar but others are not at all. There are actually 6 Apache languages. Western Apache is the one that is closest to Navajo.
About 900-1100 years ago the Navajo and the other Apache groups diverged in lifestyle. This is about the time of the Norman invasion of England.
At that time the Navajo adopted a number of cultural traits from the nearby Pueblo/Anasazi people. They started growing corn, beans and squash. They started weaving and pottery. They also on their own started making and living in hogans and praying with corn pollen. At that time and at later dates different Pueblo people joined and intermarried with the Navajo clans. The Spanish lost sheep in 1540 and the Navajo started keeping sheep and weaving with the wool from that time on. Spanish. They adopted the horse soon after that.
There are 6 different Apache tribes. They lived and live in very different areas and climates and elevations. The Lipan in Texas and the Plains Apache live in ways similar to other Plains Native people. The Mescalero had mescal agave as their staple food. They lived from the Rio Grand in the west to the Staked Pains in Texas and south to the Big Bend ara in Texas and north to the panhandle.
Chiricahua lived in today's SE Arizona, SW New Mexico, NE Sonora and NW Chihuahua. They were much opposed to agriculture and raising animals. They lived a more nomadic hunting , gathering and raiding life.
Western Apache grew crops and were hunter gatherers. The live in the mountains of central Arizona. The Jicarilla lived in the New Mexico Sangre de Cristo mountains ans the Plains of southern Colorado. The made pottery, baskets and grew crops and hunted and gathered. They took up ranching anf forestry in later times.
There are many more differences in culture , beliefs and lifestyle. Just as Spain, Portugal, France and Italy all are near each other and speak related languages and yet have many differences.
Zoie Bergstrom
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∙ 9y agoThe Navajo and Apache are (not were) different but related people. The Navajo Nation is one of the biggest tribes today with over 300,000 members as of 2014. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles. The Apache live on nine different reservations and number about 55,000.
The languages are in the same language family but not the same. A little like Italian and Spanish which are both in the Romance family. Some words are the same or similar but others are not at all. There are actually 6 Apache languages. Western Apache is the one that is closest to Navajo.
About 900-1100 years ago the Navajo and the other Apache groups diverged in lifestyle. This is about the time of the Norman invasion of England.
At that time the Navajo adopted a number of cultural traits from the nearby Pueblo/Anasazi people. They started growing corn, beans and squash. They started weaving and pottery. They also on their own started making and living in hogans and praying with corn pollen. At that time and at later dates different Pueblo people joined and intermarried with the Navajo clans. The Spanish lost sheep in 1540 and the Navajo started keeping sheep and weaving with the wool from that time on. Spanish. They adopted the horse soon after that.
There are 6 different Apache tribes. They lived and live in very different areas and climates and elevations. The Lipan in Texas and the Plains Apache live in ways similar to other Plains Native people. The Mescalero had mescal agave as their staple food. They lived from the Rio Grand in the west to the Staked Pains in Texas and south to the Big Bend ara in Texas and north to the panhandle.
Chiricahua lived in today's SE Arizona, SW New Mexico, NE Sonora and NW Chihuahua. They were much opposed to agriculture and raising animals. They lived a more nomadic hunting , gathering and raiding life.
Western Apache grew crops and were hunter gatherers. The live in the mountains of central Arizona. The Jicarilla lived in the New Mexico Sangre de Cristo mountains ans the Plains of southern Colorado. The made pottery, baskets and grew crops and hunted and gathered. They took up ranching anf forestry in later times.
There are many more differences in culture , beliefs and lifestyle. Just as Spain, Portugal, France and Italy all are near each other and speak related languages and yet have many differences.
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How did the Pueblo the peoples way of life differ from the way of the Navajo and the Apache peoples?
They had different religions, languages, types of government, and food.
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Well, there would be no missions. And there would be less food for the Navajo, Hope and Apache.
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