http://www.apache-indian.net Chiefs, Battles, and Legends Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:02:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cochise was born in the area that is now known as New Mexico. He was a member of the Chiracahua Apache Indian tribe, in whose language his name meant "hardwood". Very little is known of Cochise's early life. In fact, the actual year of his birth is in dispute, but ... http://www.apache-indian.net/chiefs/cochise.html Apache tribal Chief  Mangas Coloradas was born in the area that is now called New Mexico. While the exact date of his birth is unknown, he is thought to have been born in 1793 or 1795.   Mangas Coloradas, or "Red Sleeves", was a member of the Chiricahua Apache Indian tribe. The ... http://www.apache-indian.net/chiefs/mangas-coloradas.html The Apache people lived off the large roaming herds of Buffalo.   The Apache people lived mainly in the south Western United States in the states that we now call New Mexico,  Arizona, and Texas.  The Apache,  Native Americans were hunters and gathers and most of their religious ceremonies, or what ... http://www.apache-indian.net/culture/apache-ceremonies.html The Apache people primarily lived in the South West of the United States. They made their home in the states now known as Arizona, New Mexico, and Western and Southern Texas. There was also a small tribe of the Apache that lived in Oklahoma. The name Apache actually means people, ... http://www.apache-indian.net/facts/traditional-weapons-of-the-apache-indians.html Chief Victorio of the Chiricahua Apache: The Lone Wolf Chief Victorio chief of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches was known as one of the fiercest of the Apache fighters in the late 1800s. Known as Bidu-ya or Beduiat by the Apache, and Lone Wolf by many of the soldiers ... http://www.apache-indian.net/chiefs/victorio.html The Apache Indian tribes used different shelters and building techniques depending on their location and its climate. There were several different tribes of Apache Indians and they built different kinds of homes not only teepees.   The women were in charge of building the shelters and of packing any objects ... http://www.apache-indian.net/facts/apache-teepees.html Apache History Apache Indians have a long history.  In this time and day the Apaches live in some urban areas such as New York City, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Phoenix, Denver, San Diego and Los Angeles.  Several thousand Apachean tribes live in the Southern California agricultural regions, and the Colorado River ... http://www.apache-indian.net/culture/apache-indians.html Apache consists of two languages comprising the Eastern and Western Apache. These spoken languages are Atheabaskan (Na-Dene) uttered in the Southwest territories (New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, Colorado, and Oklahoma). The Western and Eastern Apache languages are really alike even so due to the dissimilar characteristics in speaking ... http://www.apache-indian.net/culture/apache-tribe-language.html From the beginning of the European migration to North America Native American peoples were used by the newcomers as resources in adapting to the new world. The Apache Scout so familiar to most Americans from Western movies filled that role for the U.S. Cavalry from the middle of the nineteenth ... http://www.apache-indian.net/culture/apache-scouts.html An Apache who was an inveterate gambler had a small tame turkey, which followed its master about everywhere. One day the Turkey told him that the people were tired of supporting him, as he gambled until he lost everything that they gave him. They had decided to give him one more ... http://www.apache-indian.net/apache-legends/the-origin-of-corn.html