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Apache people

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I. Introduction

Apache (people), group of six culturally related Native American tribes descended from Athapaskan-speaking peoples.

The tribal groups are the Kiowa Apache, who lived between the northern border of New Mexico and the Platte River; the Lipan of eastern New Mexico and western Texas; the Jicarilla of southern New Mexico; the Mescalero of central New Mexico; the Chiricahua of the Chiricahua mountain range in southwestern Arizona; and the Western Apache of central Arizona.

"Apache (people)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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