Apache women were in charge of the home. They were in charge of children and cooking. They also built houses. Apache men were hunters, warriors and political leaders. Some men were chiefs. Children play with each other and went to school. They used leaves and sticks and the things that they could gather from the environment around them. They made baskets for carrying things. The Apache tribe is a settled tribe. They mostly just stayed in reservation areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

The Apache used bows and arrows in war, they also used long spears and buffalo-hide shields. Apache people lived in wickiups, which are simple wooden frames covered by a matting of brush and sometimes a buffalo-hide tarp. They looked like a huge campfire with pine straw.

Some of the most popular legends are, "The Governor, Old Woman White Hands, Killing of the Monsters, The Man who Helped the Eagles, Releasing the Buffalo, and The Supernatural Person in the Lake." Some of the most famous leaders were Cochise and Geronimo.

Apaches are famous for their fine beadwork and basketry. The Apache music was very important to them they use drums, flutes and rattles! The Apaches are a group of six different tribes!

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Today, the Apache tribe consists of over 16,000 people. Many others live near their tribe, but they do so for the resources like water, wildlife, weather and climate. It includes some of the richest wildlife habitats in the state. Their reservation consists of 1.67 million acres (over two million square miles) in east-central Arizona.

The White Mountain Apache tribe live in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico. They speak either their language, which is closely related to Navajo, or they speak English. The Apache proudly retain their culture through dance, celebration, language and ceremonies. Each tribal member traces their ancestry from unique family clans. The clan system is still practiced by the Apache to this very day.