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The Apache People: A Historical Overview of Their Struggles and Triumphs
A careful overview of Apache history, from early presence in the Southwest through Spanish, Mexican and US rule to the living Apache nations of today.
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Apache History
An overview of Apache history across regions and eras.
A Brief History of the Apache Tribe: From Ancestral Puebloans to Modern-Day Leaders
An Apache history timeline that corrects a common mix-up: Apache peoples are not descended from Ancestral Puebloans. A factual sweep to modern tribal governments.
Apache Assimilation: The Impact of Outside Influences
How US assimilation policy, missions and boarding schools were applied to Apache communities, and why historians describe their effects as lasting and harmful.
Apache People: Their Struggles and Triumphs
A short, balanced survey of the main hardships and achievements in the history of the Apache nations, with pointers to the deeper topics behind each one.
Apache People: Their Struggles and Triumphs in the American Southwest
Western Apache, Chiricahua and Mescalero history in Arizona and New Mexico, from mountain homelands to reservations, prison exile and present-day nations.
Apache People: Their Struggles and Triumphs in the American Southwest and West
The history of the Lipan Apache and Plains Apache in Texas, Oklahoma and the southern Plains, from the horse era to present-day communities.
Apache People: Their Struggles and Triumphs in the American West
How the Mexican American War, the Gadsden Purchase and growing US settlement changed life for Apache nations, and how Apache communities responded.
Apache People: Their Struggles and Triumphs in the American West and Southwest
How the reservation system was created and consolidated for Apache nations, including San Carlos, and what it meant for daily life, in general terms.
Apache Removal: The Devastating Impact of Forced Relocation
Forced removals of Apache peoples, especially the Chiricahua prisoners of war sent to Florida, Alabama and Fort Sill, told factually and with care.
The Apache People: A Historical Perspective
How outsider written records and Apache oral history differ, what each can show, and how historians weigh them when studying Apache perspectives on history.
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Spain and Mexico Apache relations with Spanish and Mexican rule. Apache and the United States Army, treaties, missions and federal policy. The Apache Wars The wars, removal and loss of land, told with care. Resistance and Survival Apache resistance to conquest and the wars it brought, told with care. Impact of Colonization How colonization, disease and settlement changed Apache societies. History Overviews and Timelines Long views and timelines of Apache history. Apache Nations in American History Apache peoples’ place in the wider history of the West and the United States. Cultural Exchange Trade, contact and exchange between Apache peoples and others. Self-Determination in History How Apache nations pressed for justice, governance and redress across the 20th century. Apache Scouts Apache men who served as US Army scouts, and the hard questions their service raises. The Chiricahua Prisoner of War Years The 27-year imprisonment of Chiricahua people in Florida, Alabama and Oklahoma.