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Apache Tribe History: A Journey Through Time
A narrative overview of Apache history, from debated northern origins and Southwest homelands through colonial rule, war, reservations and today's separate nations.
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History Overviews and Timelines
Long views and timelines of Apache history.
Apache Apache Apache Legacy: A Study of the Tribe's Enduring History and Culture
The title repeats the word Apache by mistake. This article explains why Apache is many nations, not one tribe, and what has endured across their histories.
Apache History: A Timeline of Major Events and Dates
A reference list of well documented dates in Apache history, from Spanish New Mexico to the 1913-1914 Fort Sill release, with uncertain dates marked approximate.
Apache History: A Timeline of Major Events and Milestones
A timeline of later twentieth and twenty-first century milestones for Apache nations in sovereignty, language work and cultural institutions, with pointers to official sites.
Apache History: From Ancestral Puebloans to Modern Times
Apache peoples are not descendants of the Ancestral Puebloans. This article corrects that idea and explains Apache and Pueblo trade, conflict, alliance and shared places.
Apache History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
A group-by-group history of the Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan and Plains Apache from early records to today, showing how their paths diverged.
Apache Tribe History: A Timeline of Major Events and Milestones
A timeline of reservation-era and early twentieth century milestones for Apache nations, from reservation creation through constitutions and the 1913-1914 Fort Sill release.
Apache Tribe History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Apache history told by landscape, from the southern Plains to the mountains and deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, showing how place shaped livelihoods and each era.
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Apache History An overview of Apache history across regions and eras. 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. 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.