apaches

1
apaches

• By Aldhair
• Du-quoin
• Jose

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Beliefs and religions

• Apaches tribes thought that the first woman and
  man came from the surface of the earth. They also
  thought that spirits could harm them and helped
  them.

3
Artifacts

• Apache tribes used buffalo hides for clothes and
  shoes called moccasins. They also made baskets to
  store water and cradle boards to carry their
  babies.

4
environments

• Apache tribes had environments like
• Deserts
• Mesas
• Treeless
• Little rainfall
• Very hot summers
• Very cold winters

5
Past location and current location

• The apaches land covered an area from central
  Texas to central Arizona. It was also from
  southern Colorado to the Sierra Mountains in New
  Mexico

• Today they live in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and
  Arizona

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Homes

• Most Apache lived in Wickiups
• Made from leaves, grass, sticks and animal skins.
• Wickiups are round.
• Few lived in teepees made from animal skin

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The Hunt

• The Apache hunted many animals like deer,
  rabbits, and turkey
• They also gathered fruits, nuts, plants, and honey

8
Men Women

• Apache men spend most of their time hunting
  deer, antelope, elk, and occasionally, buffalo.

• The women of the tribe built homes called
  wickiups.

9
children

• Did you know that apache children gathered wild
  plants, fruits, and vegetables. The yucca and
  mescal plants were important to their diet. In
  summer they gathered wild onions, strawberries,
  raspberries, grapes, and cherries.

10
Meeting the Spanish people

• The apache people learned many things from the
  Spanish. By 1680 the Spanish had established
  communities all along the Rio Grande River in
  what is now New Mexico. From the Spanish the
  apache people acquired horses, sheep, other
  animals.

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Famous Apache

• Geronimo was in 1829. His apache name was
  Goyokla. It means one who yawns. The Mexicans
  gave him the name Geronimo. He was known as a
  fierce fighter. When the Mexicans saw him
  charging they yelled Geronimo.

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Apache Today

• Did you know that most apaches still live on
  reservations. There are approximately two hundred
  thousand apaches living on reservations in the
  southwest.