Was the apache tribe located in Arizona or New Mexico?
The Apache tribe are located in Arizona, New Mexico AND Oklahoma
and Texas. The most of the ones ( except the Plains Apache) in
Oklahoma were forced to move there by the US government and army.
The Apache reservations are in Arizona and New Mexico. Some Apache
have moved to large metropolitan areas. Some Apacheans were
employed in migrant farm labor and relocated to the central
agricultural regions of Southern California.
The federally recognized tribes are: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma,
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona, Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, San Carlos Apache
Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, Tonto Apache Tribe of
Arizona, White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona. The Chiricahua were divided into two
groups after they were released from being prisoners of war. Most
are at the Mescalero Reservation. The Lipan Apache are also there.
The other Chiricahua are enrolled in the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma. The Plains Apache are located in Oklahoma, headquartered
around Anadarko, and are federally recognized as the Apache Tribe
of Oklahoma.
The Navajo are not considered Apache but because they have
related languages they are as a group called Apachean, During first
contact they lived in eastern Arizona, northern Mexico, New Mexico,
west and southwest Texas, and southern Colorado and Kansas
The Apachean groups did not have much political or cultural
unity. They spoke seven related languages. They had distinct and
competitive with each other. cultures. Within each group of the
Apache they lived in many independent bands. For example the
Western Apache lived in at least 20 distinct bands. The Mescalero
about 10 each with there own territory and traditions.