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Apache Tribe History: The Impact of Colonization on Apache Society
An overview of how Spanish, Mexican and American colonization reshaped the economies, territories and family life of different Apache peoples over centuries.
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Impact of Colonization
How colonization, disease and settlement changed Apache societies.
Apache History: The Impact of European Settlement on the Apache Tribe
How ranches, mines and settler towns spread onto Apache lands in the 1800s, and how competition over water, game and grazing land drove conflict.
Apache Tribe History: The Impact of Colonization on Their Society
How colonization strained Apache extended-family camps, matrilocal residence and local group leadership, and how Apache communities adapted their social life.
Apache Tribe History: The Impact of Disease on Apache Society
A careful look at introduced diseases such as smallpox and at reservation-era illness like tuberculosis, and why firm numbers for Apache communities are rarely available.
Apache Tribe History: The Impact of Forced Assimilation on Their Culture
How government and church policy sought to suppress Apache ceremonies, language and dress, and how families and communities quietly kept their practices alive.
The Apache Tribe's Struggle for Land Rights: A Historical Perspective
How reservations, executive orders and later land losses took most Apache homelands, and the claims, campaigns and legal efforts Apache nations have pursued since.
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