Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oklahoma
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, or Na-i-shan Dené (“Our People”), sometimes misnamed Kiowa Apache, were a unique Apache-speaking tribe of Plains Indians distinct from the Apaches of the Southwest and politically independent of their Kiowa allies. There were a number of Apache groups on the Great Plains in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but the small Na-i-shan Apache tribe was the only one to survive as Plains Indians until the reservation period. Their tribal traditions, which are supported by those of the Kiowas and other tribes, indicate northern origins for the...
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