Chiricahua (/ ˌ tʃ ɪr ɪ ˈ k ɑː w ə / CHIRR-i-KAH-wə) is a band of Apache Native Americans.. Based in the Southern Plains and Southwestern United States, the Chiricahua (Tsokanende ) are related to other Apache groups: Ndendahe (Mogollon, Carrizaleño), Tchihende (Mimbreño), Sehende (Mescalero), Lipan, Salinero, Plains, and Western Apache.Chiricahua historically …

The Chiricahua Mountains massif is a large mountain range in southeastern Arizona which is part of the Basin and Range province of the west and southwestern United States and northwest Mexico; the range is part of the Coronado National Forest.The highest point, Chiricahua Peak, rises 9,759 feet (2,975 m) above sea level, approximately 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above the …

Das Chiricahua National Monument ist ein unter der Verwaltung des National Park Service stehendes Nationalmonument im US-Bundesstaat Arizona, das ein Gebiet mit skurrilen Felsformationen schützt. Es liegt rund 160 km östlich von Tucson am Übergang der Chihuahua-zur Sonorawüste und nahe der mexikanischen sowie neumexikanischen Grenze.

Nach dem Tod des Häuptlings der Bedonkohe-Apachen, Mangas Coloradas, war Cochise der einflussreichste Anführer der Chiricahua.Nach über zehn Jahren weiteren, legendenumwobenen Kampfes kam es 1872 auf Vermittlung von Tom Jeffords, einem US-amerikanischen Postreiter und ehemaligen Scout, zu dem Cochise ein freundschaftliches Verhältnis aufgebaut hatte, zu …

Taza (also Tazi; Tazhe; Tah-ze; Tahzi; Tahzay; Tazhay) (c. 1843 – 26 September 1876) was the son of Cochise, leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principal chief of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache.His mother Dos-teh-seh (“Something-at-the-campfire-already-cooked”), was the daughter of Mangas Coloradas, leader of the Copper Mines and last …

Chiricahua (also known as Chiricahua Apache) is a Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Chiricahua people in Chihuahua and Sonora, México and in Oklahoma and New Mexico. It is related to Navajo and Western Apache and has been described in great detail by the anthropological linguist Harry Hoijer (1904–1976), especially in Hoijer & Opler (1938) and …

The Battle of Apache Pass was fought in 1862 at Apache Pass, Arizona, in the United States, between Apache warriors and the Union volunteers of the California Column as it marched from California to capture Confederate Arizona and to reinforce New Mexico's Union army.It was one of the largest battles between the Americans and the Chiricahua during the Apache Wars

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century. The book expresses details of the history of American expansionism from a point of view that is critical of its effects on the Native Americans.

The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexican–American War in 1846, the United States inherited conflicted territory from Mexico which was the home of both settlers and …

Cochise (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ iː s /; Apache: Shi-ka-She or A-da-tli-chi, lit.: having the quality or strength of an oak; later K'uu-ch'ish or Cheis, lit. oak; c. 1805 – June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache.A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and ...