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Q: What is the chiricahua apache word for wolf?
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What tribe was cochise in?

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What does nantan mean in apache?

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Does the Apache tribe use the word dine for the people also?

The Apache and Navajo both belong to the Southern Athabaskan Language Family. This does not mean this was one language, but more like a root language like Latin is for French, Spanish, Italian, Etc.They don't both use the exact word Diné. This is a Navajo word. There are six different Apache languages. In western Apache it is Ndee. The Mescalero Apache call themselves: Inday. The Lipan Apache say: Ndé.The Southern Athabaskan Languages or "Apachean" is spoken by Jicarillo Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Lipan Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and by some Kiowa, and others.All these words indeed mean "The People."


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When did apache Indians become a tribe?

THe Apache never became a single tribe - they are a group of many different tribes, including the Coyoteros, Mogollon, Chiricahua, Tonto, Jicarilla, Kiowa-Apache, Mescalero, Mimbres and many more.