Location of Apache tribes in the late 18th century (Ch – Chiricahua, WA – Western Apache, M – Mescalero, J – Jicarilla, L – Lipan, Pl – Plains Apache, N – Navajo, a separate people speaking a related language)
Total population
4,079[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States, (Oklahoma, New Mexico)
Fort Sill
1,662
New Mexico
149
Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila)
Languages
Chiricahua Apache language, English, Spanish
Religion
Christianity, Native American Church, traditional tribal religion
Chiricahua (/ˌtʃɪrɪˈkɑːwə/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 shared a common area, language, customs, and intertwined family relations with their fellow Apaches. At the time of European contact, they had a territory of 15 million acres (61,000 km2) in Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona in the United States and in Northern Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico.
Today Chiricahua live in Northern Mexico and in the United States where they are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, located near Apache, Oklahoma, with a small reservation outside Deming, New Mexico;[2] the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation near Ruidoso, New Mexico; and the San Carlos Apache Tribe in southeastern Arizona.
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^"Fort Sill Apache Tribe Receives U.S. Reservation Proclamation Following a 125 Year Wait". Reuters. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
Chiricahua (/ˌtʃɪrɪˈkɑːwə/ CHIRR-i-KAH-wə) is a band of Apache Native Americans. Based in the Southern Plains and Southwestern United States, the Chiricahua...
into the Southwest between 1000 and 1500 CE. Apache bands include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Salinero, Plains, and Western...
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...
Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The monument was established...
Tribe of Oklahoma is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is headquartered...
Stenamma chiricahua is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. "Stenamma chiricahua Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23...
first language was Southern Athabaskan. Geronimo (Goyaałé) who spoke Chiricahua was a famous raider and war leader. Manuelito spoke Navajo and is famous...
Chiricahua Peak is a 9,773 feet (2,979 m) peak located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, located about 35 miles (56 km) north of the...
(/ˈnaɪtʃi/ NYE-chee; c. 1857–1919) was the final hereditary chief of the Chiricahua band of Apache Indians. Naiche, whose name in English means "meddlesome...
group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that...
wickiup, the usual home type for all the Chiricahua bands, has already been described.... Said a Central Chiricahua informant: Both the teepee and the oval-shaped...
plant in the family Verbenaceae with the common name Chiricahua Mountain mock vervain or Chiricahua vervain. The specific name is sometimes misspelled as...
The Geologic history of the Chiricahua Mountains concerns the Chiricahua Mountains, an inactive volcanic range located in Coronado National Forest of southeastern...
Euphorbia florida, the Chiricahua milk spurge or Chiricahua Mountain sandmat, is an annual plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) found in the Sonoran...
Hadoa chiricahua is a species of annual cicada in the genus Hadoa. It is endemic to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico. "Species Hadoa chiricahua"....
Meadow, in the Dragoon Mountains. Cochise demanded and got the Dragoon and Chiricahua Mountains as his reservation and Tom Jeffords as his agent. From 1872...
Mescalero or Mescalero Apache (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans. The tribe is federally...
in the Chiricahua Mountains. Soon afterward in 1874, Cochise died. In a change of policy, the U.S. government decided to move the Chiricahua to the San...
Aphonopelma chiricahua is a species of spiders in the family Theraphosidae, found in Arizona in the United States. Hamilton, C.A.; Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond...
earliest manifestation is known as Sulphur Spring; its two later phases, the Chiricahua and San Pedro, are much better known. The Cochise tradition was named...
species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common names Chiricahua Mountain dock and Blumer's dock. It is native to western North America...
Global Information
United States,
Oklahoma, 
New Mexico)
Mexico
Sonora, 
Chihuahua, 
Coahuila)