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Apache Chiefs: The Leaders Who Shaped Their Destiny
An overview of historical Apache leaders: who the best-known figures were, which Apache peoples they belonged to, and why leadership rested on influence, not rank.
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Apache Leaders
Historical Apache leaders and how leadership worked.
Apache Apache Apache Leadership: A Study of the Tribe's Early Chiefs and Leaders
Why so few names of Apache leaders from before 1850 survive, and how Spanish peace establishments of the late 1700s brought Apache leaders into written records.
Apache Apache Leadership: A Study of the Tribe's Early Chiefs and Leaders
Early Apache leaders as they appear in Spanish and Mexican-era records before US rule, with careful notes on what the sources do and do not tell us.
Apache Chiefs: Leaders of the Past
Why 'chief' is an imperfect outside word for Apache leaders, and how band and local-group leaders gained and kept a following through reputation and consent.
Apache Historical Figures: The Lives and Times of Influential Apache Leaders
Short, cautious profiles of influential Apache leaders beyond the Chiricahua, including Western Apache and Mescalero figures, with notes on what the sources support.
Apache Leaders and the US Government: A Gallery of Notable Figures and Their Contributions
How Apache leaders dealt with US officials from the 1850s to 1886: councils, peace agreements and broken promises, told in general documented terms.
Apache Leaders: A Gallery of Notable Figures and Their Contributions
Beyond war leaders: scouts, interpreters, artists and educators of Apache descent whose roles are well documented, with notes on the limits of the record.
Apache Leadership: A Study of the Tribe's Chiefs and Leaders
How historians study Apache leaders: army reports, agency records, Apache accounts and oral history, and the gaps, biases and cautions in each kind of source.
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