Apache at the Ford, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903

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Apache is a collective name given to several culturally related tribes that speak variations of the Athapaskan language and are of the Southwest cultural area. Closely related to the Navajo, both peoples separated from the Athapaskans in western Canada, migrating to the southwestern United States. Although there is some evidence Southern Athabaskan peoples may have visited the Southwest as early as the 13th century AD, most scientists believe they arrived permanently only a few decades before the Spanish.

The Zuni, a Pueblo people, gave them the name Apachu, meaning “enemy.” In their dialects the Apache call themselves Tinneh, Tinde, Dini, or one of several other variations, all meaning “the people.”

Also See:

Apache - The Fiercest Warriors in the Southwest

Apache Legends

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