Mescalero or Mescalero Apache (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans. The tribe is federally recognized as the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, located …

The Mescalero Apache Tribe, located in South Central New Mexico, welcomes you to familiarize yourself with our history, traditions, and the current vision of our Tribe. The Mescalero people were nomadic hunters and gathers and roamed the Southwest. They were experts in guerrilla warfare and highly skilled horsemen.

Hundreds of years ago, long before white men came to this land, these mountains, plains and deserts belonged to the Mescalero Apaches. No other Native Americans in the Southwest caused the terror and constant fear in the settlers as the Apaches did throughout their existence.

2024年4月19日 · Guide to Mescalero Apache Tribe ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. This tribe practice matrilineal heritage

Mescalero, tribe of the Eastern Apache division of North American Indians. Their name is taken from the mescal (peyote) cactus (Lophophora williamsii), which provided fibre, food, and drink to these predominantly foraging people. Before colonization …

The Mescalero Apache Tribe was established by Executive Order of President Ulysses S. Grant on May 27, 1873. There are three sub-bands that comprise the Tribe: the Mescalero Apache, the Chiricahua Apache, and the Lipan Apache. Prior to the reservation period, the Mescalero people were nomadic hunters and gathers and roamed the Southwest.

2025年1月29日 · The Mescalero Apache are a Native American tribe located in south-central New Mexico. Historically, they were nomadic, known for their hunting and gathering lifestyle, and their skillful use of the mescal plant, which they used for food, fiber, and ceremonial purposes.

Article on Mescalero Apache history from the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Collection of Chiricahua, Jicarilla, and Mescalero Apache legends and folktales. Collection of Apache Indian stories, songs and prayers, with translation and linguistic analysis.

2021年10月30日 · By the early 19 th century all the Apaches in this area were called Mesacleros. The Mescaleros that lived in Texas were west of the Pecos River and into Chihuahua MX they adapted to a country of minimal resources. Mescal, prickly pear, mesquite pods, acorns and many other plants were important food sources.

"Mescalero” is from the Spanish: ero, “people of,” and mescale, “agave” (the century plant). They were so named for their reliance on the huge roasted and preserved root of the plant they used as their primary carbohydrate source. "Apache" is not an aboriginal Southern Athapaskan word.