APACHE (apparently from the Zuni name, = " enemy," given to the

See also:

• NAVAHO, or NAVAJO

Navaho

See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians)  , a tribe of North American Indians of Athapascan stock . The Apaches formerly ranged over south-eastern Arizona and south-western Mexico . The chief divisions of the Apaches were the Arivaipa, Chiricahua, Coyotero, Faraone Gileno, Llanero, Mescalero, Mimbreno, Mogollon, Naisha, Tchikun and Tchishi . They were a powerful and warlike tribe, constantly at enmity with the whites . The final surrender of the tribe took place in 1886, when the Chiricahuas, the division involved, were deported to Florida and Alabama, where they underwent military imprisonment . The Apaches are now in reservations in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and number between 5000 and 6000 . For details see Handbook of American Indians, ed . F . W . Hodge, (Washington, 1907); also INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN .