Apache: The Apache Indians In Arizona, New Mexico

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The Apache Indians The term apache may be derived from the Yuma word meaning “fighting man,” as well at the Zuni word apachu, meaning “enemy.” The Apache Native Indians occupied many regions, including Arizona, New Mexico, and even parts of Mexico. Their style of dress was practical – the men wore deerskin shirts and leggings, moccasins, a loincloth, and even an ornamental deerskin cap to show rank; the women were of similar dress, wearing short deerskin skirts or dresses and high boot top moccasins. The tribes relied primarily on hunting wild game such as deer, wild turkey, jackrabbits, coyote, javelin, fox, beaver, buffalo, bears, and mountain lions for food, tools, weapons, and clothing. The Apache would trade buffalo hides, tallow,

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