Apache Indians

The circle is the symbol of the Apache Indian tribe because they believed that the life path of all creatures, including humans, are circular. The movement of the sun and the moon is also circular. The homes of the tribes are round and their religious ceremonies like the Hogan and the tipi are also circular.

This question asks for an opinion, and there will be as many opinions on the subject as there are people to give them. All Native Americans were fierce fighters, some tribes were renowned for their abilities to fight under certain conditions.

The Apache tribe did not scalp people, however in wars against the Mexicans, the Mexicans would scalp their Apache prisoners and claim them for cash.

They used knifes,arrows,bows,spears,shields,and guns that they got from raids on the americans.

"Apache" is not one language but a number of related languages. In Kiowa-Apache the word for "white man" is tsayaditl-ti and each of the other Apache languages will have a different term.

The Apache tribe are located in Arizona, New Mexico AND Oklahoma and Texas. The most of the ones ( except the Plains Apache) in Oklahoma were forced to move there by the US government and army. The Apache reservations are in Arizona and New Mexico. Some Apache have moved to large metropolitan areas. Some Apacheans were employed in migrant farm labor and relocated to the central agricultural regions of Southern California.

The federally recognized tribes are: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona, Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona, White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona. The Chiricahua were divided into two groups after they were released from being prisoners of war. Most are at the Mescalero Reservation. The Lipan Apache are also there. The other Chiricahua are enrolled in the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. The Plains Apache are located in Oklahoma, headquartered around Anadarko, and are federally recognized as the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.

The Navajo are not considered Apache but because they have related languages they are as a group called Apachean, During first contact they lived in eastern Arizona, northern Mexico, New Mexico, west and southwest Texas, and southern Colorado and Kansas

The Apachean groups did not have much political or cultural unity. They spoke seven related languages. They had distinct and competitive with each other. cultures. Within each group of the Apache they lived in many independent bands. For example the Western Apache lived in at least 20 distinct bands. The Mescalero about 10 each with there own territory and traditions.

There were many different reasons why there was conflict between the settlers and the government. First of all, and probably the most vital reason, was that both

There were no trees so they built them out of dead bushes

The Native Americans died out very soon.

They were also forced in hard labor, as known as slavery.

The Cherokees were the exception to many tribes circular dwellings. They lived in fort-like enclosures. Within those enclosures, extended matrilineal families lived in European-influenced log cabin homes. These homes were generally single story but with wealthy or large families, two stories was not uncommon. When the Europeans first made contact, the Cherokee had a winter lodge (asi) and a summer lodge (wattle and daub).

Cherokees lived in cabins - never in teepees.

Before the sun rose the girls and women got water from a near by stream. The boys and men bathed. The women and girls also made the morning meals and the boys and men herded the horses back into the stables.

There are many Apache names. To find out more go to and you will find a list of the names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache#List_of_names

They believed in many spirit beings. Usen, the Giver of Life, the most powerful of them all. The Gans, or Mountain Spirits, were especially important in Apache ceremonies. Males dressed themselves in elaborate costumes to impersonate the Gans in ritual dance, wearing kilts, black masks, tall wooden-slat head-dresses, and body paint, carrying wooden swords.

Yes the Apache invented the wickiup that was perfect for their land. Branches woven together into a round fandand then covered with desert bushes and leaves. The wickiup could be built quickly with materials readly at hand, and then quickly abandoned, making the Apache highly mobile.

Geronimo was a Native American Tribe leader, and the US army tried to move his tribe to a reservation but Geronimo and his tribe went to Mexico. In Mexico, reporters exaggerated his activities and blamed him for alot of stuff. He tried to fight the US and refused however they forced his to go to the reservation. Once there the US gave them some tools to farm and have a life. They gave his a extremly small plow and after a few days he left because of the awful conditions. He got into trouble and was forced to NY to die, however the US army gave his a choice to die or surrender, he surrendered and went to NY with his family, jailed.

Most Apache Indian villages were located in the southwestern portion of the United States. They lived in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. There were also Apache Indians who had their village in Mexico.

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Over fifty six thousand people recognize themselves as belonging to the Apache tribe. The Apache were mostly located in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. They spoke several different languages suck as Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan Apache, Plains Apache, Mescalero and Western Apache.

they used traded muskets and bow and arows

The address of the Nohwike' Bagowa White Mountain Apache Cultural Center And Museum is: , Fort Apache, AZ 85926

Well not the shoshone as they lived in buffalo hide tipis like other members of the plains. the apache lived in wickiups because not much buffalo live in arizona/new mexico. mostly chiricahua apache lived in wickiups. other shelters among the apache were buffalo hide tipis but they were only used by the lipan apache of texas. very few also use hogans although thats more of a navajo shelter and very few places have enough mud.

The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles (the size of Holland and Belgium combined) and ranges from 4,500 feet and 8,000 feet in elevation with even higher mountains, so there is a great deal of variation in climate. All of the areas have snow in the winter and monsoon summer rains and thunderstorms.

There are four main regions regions: the flat valleys at elevations from 4,500 to 6,000 feet, the upland plains at 5,500 - 7,000 feet; the mesas are 6,000 - 8,000 feet; and the mountains are from 7,500 to over 10,000 feet. Each of these regions is cut by canyons ranging from a few hundred to 2,000 feet in depth.

There are three climates zones: the cold humid climate of the mountains and mesa tops, 8%; the steppe climate of the mesas and the high plains, 37%; and the comparatively warm desert, 55%.

Temperatures in the cold humid zone average a low of 4 degrees and a high of 80. The annual precipitation is 16 - 27 inches, and the growing season is only 95 days.

The steppe zone has average low of 10 degrees and a high of 88. Annual precipitation is from 12-16 inches, the growing season is 147 days.

Finally, in the desert area temperatures are a low of 11 degrees and a high of 110. Annual precipitation is between 7 and 11 inches, and the growing season is 173 days.