The Apache migrated down from the Canadian area and settled in the plains and
southwestern part of the United States around 850 A.D. They were the dominant settlers
of most of northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas for many decades. The
Apache were divided into 6 sub-tribes, Bedonkone, Chieanen, Chihenne, Chokonen,
Nedni, and the White Mountain Apache. The different tribes varied on ways of life. Some
lived in the mountains and hunted while others farmed on the plains. Their main type of
home, however, was the same throughout all the Apache tribes. They lived in a dome-…
