Apache peoples
Apache peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 1400 CE to the present, a span of 625 years. Its people spoke North American families languages (Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan).
Athabaskan-speaking bands who migrated from the north and raided Spanish and Mexican settlements for two centuries. Geronimo's surrender in 1886 ended their armed resistance.
See Apache peoples on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1400 CE to the present
- Duration
- 625 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Southwest and Great Basin, North America
- Language family
- North American families
Events in North America during its time
- John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
- Pueblo Revolt
- Treaty of Paris ends New France
- Declaration of Independence
- Louisiana Purchase
Neighbours in North America
- United States
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- Dominion of Canada
- British North America
- French Louisiana
- Russian America
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Holy Roman Empire
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Empire
Questions
When did Apache peoples exist?
c. 1400 CE to the present, about 625 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Apache peoples?
Southwest and Great Basin, in North America.
What language did Apache peoples speak?
North American families. This family includes Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan.