Chiricahua Apache

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The Chiricahua Apache are a Native American people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, historically known for their fierce resistance to U.S. and Mexican expansion under leaders such as Cochise and Geronimo.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apache group ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
associatedReservation Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice raiding as a traditional warfare and subsistence strategy ⓘ
use of wickiups as traditional dwellings ⓘ
culturalRegion Greater Southwest culture area ⓘ
linked to: Greater Southwest
currentFederallyRecognizedSuccessor Fort Sill Apache Tribe ⓘ
Mescalero Apache Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero Apache
ethnicGroupOf Northern Mexico ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
historicalRole resisted Mexican expansion ⓘ
resisted U.S. expansion ⓘ
involvedInConflict Apache Wars ⓘ
Chiricahua Wars ⓘ
linked to: Cochise War
language Chiricahua language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Athabaskan

Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
nameEtymology derived from a Spanish rendering of an Opata or Yaqui term for a mountain range ⓘ
notableLeader Cochise ⓘ
Geronimo ⓘ
Juh ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas ⓘ
Naiche ⓘ
Victorio ⓘ
populationStatus dispersed among several reservations and communities ⓘ
postWarStatus held as prisoners of war by the United States ⓘ
region American Southwest ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Jicarilla Apache ⓘ
Lipan Apache ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
Plains Apache ⓘ
linked to: Lipan Apache

Western Apache ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Apache spirituality ⓘ
subgroupOf Apache people ⓘ
linked to: Apache tribes
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 19th century ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Arizona ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement surrender of Geronimo in 1886 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus language endangered ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache Wars → opponent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache Wars → opponent → Mimbreño Apache ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Navajo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache tribes → hasPart → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache → hasSubgroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise → ethnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
subject linked to: Cochise (Apache leader)
Cochise → partOf → Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
subject linked to: Cochise (Apache leader)
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Geronimo → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise War → participant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise War → primaryBelligerentGroup → Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Mimbres Apache conflicts → participant → Mimbres Apache ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Nednhi Apache → ethnicGroupOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Nednhi Apache → subgroupOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Victorio → memberOf → Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Victorio → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas → tribalAffiliation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas → alliedWith → Chiricahua Apache bands ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Juh → ethnicity → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Juh → memberOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Juh → militaryBranch → Chiricahua Apache warriors ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Bascom Affair → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Bascom Affair → involvedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Battle of Apache Pass → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Skeleton Canyon surrender of Geronimo → hasParticipant → Chiricahua Apache band ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Mescalero Apache → relatedGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → hasParticipant → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → opponent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign → belligerent → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Western Apache → relatedEthnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → ethnicGroup → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → memberOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Naiche → militaryBranch → Chiricahua Apache warriors ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Lipan Apache → relatedEthnicity → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua language → spokenBy → Chiricahua Apache people ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Chiricahua language → alsoKnownAs → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua language → usedBy → Chiricahua Apache community ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Kiowa Apache → linguisticRelation → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Apache groups → ethnicGroupingOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cochise Stronghold → usedBy → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua National Monument → namedAfter → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua Mountains → namedAfter → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Tonto Apache → relatedEthnicallyTo → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Tom Jeffords → associatedWith → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Chiricahua Apache territory → inhabitedBy → Chiricahua Apache people ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Chiricahua Apache territory → associatedWith → Chiricahua Apache band ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
Chiricahua Apache territory → cultureOf → Chiricahua Apache ⓘ