The Apache, or Athapaskans, as they were first called, moved from the Alaskan Canadian area down to what we now know as Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico around A.D 1000. The Apache tribe was made up of smaller groups. Each of these groups had their own characteristics, language, customs, and organization. Even though they lived in separate groups, “The Apache viewed themselves as a single, related people…superior to all other humans, whom they regarded as members of an inferior species.” (Melody 21) Today they are known by the names given to them by the first white people that they encountered. The Kiowa

In the late 1800s the Apaches succumbed to the United States. They were not conquered however, they had just submitted. “They laid down their arms, gave up their nomadic way of life, and moved onto reservations—mainly worthless tracts of land set aside by the United States government.” (Melody 17) Even after all of the Apache had surrendered to their reservations, a well-known leader, Geronimo, escaped twice to raid villages, steal horse and cattle, and kill many villagers. He finally surrendered to Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he died in 1909. Instead of surrendering American ways, he chose to fight until he had no more strength left. To many people, Geronimo represents the undying spirit of the Apache Indians.

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