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 Apache languages are most closely related to the language of which people?
AnswerThe Navajo
Navajo and the Apache languages together form the Southern Athabaskan, or Apachean, language group.
Apache languages belong to which larger language family?
AnswerAthabaskan (Na-Dene)
Apachean languages are part of the Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dene family.
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.
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.
The Chiricahua leader Cochise is linked with a stronghold in which Arizona mountains?
AnswerThe Dragoon Mountains
Cochise Stronghold, a natural fortress, lies in the Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona.
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