Tonto Apache

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The Tonto Apache are a Western Apache group indigenous to central Arizona, known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, distinct dialect, and historical alliances and conflicts with neighboring Native peoples and U.S. forces.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tonto Apache canonical 10
Northern Tonto 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
Western Apache group ⓘ
autonymLanguage Western Apache language ⓘ
culturallyRegion Greater Southwest ⓘ
currentCommunitiesIn Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ⓘ
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation ⓘ
White Mountain Apache Tribe ⓘ
Yavapai-Apache Nation ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf central Arizona ⓘ
forciblyRemovedTo Camp Verde Reservation (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Camp Verde, Arizona

San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation ⓘ
hadAllianceWith Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Navajo people

Yavapai ⓘ
hadConflictWith United States Army ⓘ
United States settlers ⓘ
hasDialect Tonto Apache dialect ⓘ
hasDistinctIdentityFrom Eastern Apache groups ⓘ
hasLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
hasNameEtymology name "Tonto" derived from Spanish usage, not their autonym ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
indigenousTo Arizona ⓘ
Southwest United States ⓘ
involvedIn Apache Wars ⓘ
languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
practiced raiding as economic strategy in 19th century ⓘ
recognizedAs part of federally recognized Apache tribes ⓘ
relatedEthnicallyTo Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Cibecue Apache ⓘ
linked to: San Carlos Apache

Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Navajo people

San Carlos Apache ⓘ
White Mountain Apache ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraitsWith other Western Apache groups ⓘ
sharesReligiousTraditionsWith other Apache peoples ⓘ
speaksLanguage Tonto Apache dialect of Western Apache ⓘ
Western Apache language ⓘ
subgroupOf Western Apache ⓘ
traditionalHousing brush shelters ⓘ
wickiups ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Mazatzal Mountains ⓘ
Mogollon Rim region ⓘ
linked to: Mogollon Rim

Salt River region ⓘ
Superstition Mountains region ⓘ
Tonto Basin ⓘ
Verde River valley ⓘ
linked to: Verde River region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Western Apache → hasSubgroup → Tonto Apache ⓘ
Western Apache language → hasDialect → Northern Tonto ⓘ
linked to: Tonto Apache
Fort Apache Apache → relatedGroup → Tonto Apache ⓘ
Southern Tonto → subdivisionOf → Tonto Apache ⓘ
Southern Tonto → spokenBy → Tonto Apache ⓘ
Southern Tonto → ethnicGroup → Tonto Apache ⓘ