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 5

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 ⓘ
Plains Apache language ⓘ
Western Apache language ⓘ
culturalArea American Southwest ⓘ
Great Plains (for Plains Apache) ⓘ
currentPopulationRegion Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupingOf Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Jicarilla Apache ⓘ
Lipan Apache ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
Navajo (Diné) ⓘ
linked to: Navajo people

Plains Apache ⓘ
linked to: Lipan 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 languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
lifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
notableHistoricalLeaders Cochise ⓘ
Geronimo ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas ⓘ
Victorio ⓘ
relatedTo Athabaskan-speaking peoples ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
religion Christianity (some members) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ
raiding ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Pecos Valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Apache groups ⓘ
Joaquín Terrazas → opponent → Apache groups ⓘ