The Apache peoples traditionally live in which region of North America?
AnswerThe American Southwest
Apache homelands include large parts of Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas and northern Mexico.
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7 fact-checked facts about the Apache peoples, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Several large Apache reservations are located in which two states?
AnswerArizona and New Mexico
Reservations include San Carlos and Fort Apache in Arizona and Mescalero and Jicarilla in New Mexico.
Going deeper
The Mescalero Apache name comes from what?
AnswerMescal, the agave plant they roasted as food
Spanish speakers named the Mescalero for mescal, the agave hearts they harvested and roasted.
In what year did Geronimo surrender, an event often seen as ending the Apache Wars?
Answer1886
Geronimo surrendered to US forces at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, in September 1886.
Geronimo belonged to which larger Apache group?
AnswerThe Chiricahua
Geronimo's Bedonkohe band was part of the Chiricahua Apache.
Expert level
Geronimo's Apache name, Goyaałé, is usually translated as what?
AnswerOne who yawns
Geronimo was born Goyaałé, commonly translated as 'one who yawns'; the name Geronimo came later.
Linguists believe the ancestors of the Apache migrated from which area?
AnswerNorthwestern Canada and Alaska
Other Athabaskan languages are spoken in Alaska and northwestern Canada, pointing to a southward migration.
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