History Of Apache Native American Indians

The Navajo people are the largest Native American tribe in the United States, now with over 300,000 members. They are native to a large chunk of Southwestern United States, mostly in New Mexico and Arizona, but also partially in Utah and Colorado. It was sometime between 1100 - 1500 A.D. when a distinguishable Navajo culture began to appear. The first Western contact that is known with the Navajo occurred near 1581 - 1583 A.D. Historians believe that the Navajo were relatively peaceful with their new Spanish neighbors. However there were some times over the centuries after the Spanish settlement in which the Navajo fought Spanish settlers to retain their land.

Huichol Indians is a small tribe in the western central Mexico that has a population of approximately 35000 people (Maclean, 2003). We find the tribe is near the Sierra Madre Mountains. Huichol Indians are the only tribe in the North America that has maintained their traditions according to Maclean.

Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.

The Shoshone tribe lives in parts of Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and even in California. Also, they still live in these areas today.Some information about their Environment they lived in the valleys and mountains west and southwest of Great Salt Lake.How they adapted to their environment is they lived in small and fluid family groups, hunting and gathering scarce resources throughout the spring, summer and fall. During the winter, the small groups gathered together into larger camps in areas that provided cover, timber, and food sources to supplement the foodstuffs they had gathered and stored.

Raiding had been something to Apache had only done once in awhile but now that they couldn’t hunt buffalo any longer raiding became necessary for their survival. The hostility between the Apache and the Spanish settlers increased when New Mexico became a Spanish Colony . From the time of the Spanish colonization until 1886 they were noted for their warlike disposition. According to the written history of whites, Apaches have always been hostile; in truth, serious warlike behavior could usually be attributed to belligerent behavior on the part of the whiteman, or misunderstandings between the two peoples.

The Apache lifestyle would be a hard one to live. They had to “raid” to get their necessary supplies to trade, sell, or use for themselves. The women were sold to the men pretty much, at least to Geronimo, for things such as horses. The Mexicans set out bounty hunters to try to stop the raids. A child’s scalp was worth $25, a woman’s $50, and warriors $100.

The Plains Indians were Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Sioux were nomads who migrated across the grasslands from Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains and Canada down to Mexico. The plains Indians depended on buffalo and the white hunters threatened their means for survival.

The purpose of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Tribe) Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) is to define the long-term direction for managing the Tribe’s resources. This IRMP includes a vision of the future landscape of the reservation based on a desire to restore ecosystem function to resemble pre-reservation conditions as closely as possible. The IRMP directs all natural resource managers on the reservation, tribal, non-tribal and within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), to work together with tribal leaders, tribal members and all other federal agencies, local entities or businesses to achieve desired future landscape conditions on the reservation.

out of a concentration camp. He fought a guerrilla campaign against hundreds of United States cavalry and held out for months by raiding from the mountains which had been the Apache range until the white men came. While the cavalry followed rumours and false trails from canyon to mesa, newspapers in the east quickly made the defiant Apache a folk

The Choctaws have always been a resourceful and independent people. Having adapted to the harsh environment that is the United States, most of their current 89 000 members are doing well. Some of them live on reservations, others on trust land, but most choose to live in the city. The Oklahoma tribe, currently led by Gary Batton, owns seven casinos, among many other businesses, and their culture is largely intact.    

The Apache Indians were a fierce tribe from the Midwest and Southwest. The Apaches were a tribe of hunters and gatherers. Men were in charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of the home. The Apaches formerly roamed over southeastern Arizona and south-western Mexico. The Apaches were extremely strong and fit. It was said that an Apache warrior could run a hundred miles in a day or climb a high mountain without getting out of breath. Apaches have gone through many changes in the past years, for many, every area of their life changed. Where they live, the foods they eat, the roles the assume, the jobs they have, the clothes they wear, and the houses they live in are just a few. With the reduction

In order to understand the Chiricahua band of the Apaches the land from which they come must be understood. There is not much in the way of ancient history concerning this people, what is known is that the Apaches are made up of four separate bands of people of which one is Chiricahua and the Chiricahua has six matrilineal bands of its own, according to Geronimo. Be-don-ko-he(Geronimo’s band), the Chi-hen-ne(Ojo Caliente), Hot Springs, White Mountain, Cho-kon-en, and Ned-ni Apaches these bands ranged in present day Arizona, New Mexico, and the northern border region of Mexico . These regions of the southwest are very arid dry and somewhat mountainous in certain areas. This people are truly connected to the land, “A Chiricahua’s specific birthplace was a sacred spot

However, stories aren’t the only important aspects of Apachean mythology. Like many other Native American tribes around the U.S., the Apache often incorporate natural landmarks into their sacred lives. For the Mescalero tribe, the Sierra Blanca, Guadalupe, Three Sisters and Oscura mountains are all sacred sites. According to the Our Culture page on the Mescalero Apache Tribe website, “These four mountains represent the direction of everyday life for our Apache people. Our grandparents would often speak of the place called White Mountain. It was there that the creator gave us life and it is a special place. It was on White Mountain, according to legend, that White Painted Woman gave birth to two sons, Child of Water and Killer of Enemies.

Arizona’s historical development dates back to thousands of years ago. Arizona holds the second largest amount of indigenous/ Native American population of any other state in the United States. One of the first groups of people to live on Arizona’s land was the Native Americans, or otherwise called the American Indians. These Natives came much before any of the Europeans, or the Spanish settlers came to Arizona. There were three main Native American groups that truly began the exploration of Arizona. These groups include the Anasazi, Hohokam, and Mogollon tribes. Each of their tribes settled in different sections of Arizona ranging from Northeastern to Southeastern parts of the land.

One of the indigenous peoples are the Cheyenne of the great plains. Their language comes from the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne women farmed crops including corn, beans, and squash, while the men hunted deer and buffalo. They hunted small game such as birds and rabbits, they got most of their food from hunting buffalo. Their aim was more accurate from using a bow and arrow or lance, they didn't use any guns to hunt. In Minnesota the early Cheyenne, used wood frames packed with earth and grass to construct something to live in which was called an earth lodge. The Cheyenne from the Great Plains lived in teepees made from wooden poles and buffalo hides.