Naiche was more than just a war chief. Naiche is best known as the last hereditary chief of the Chiricahua Apache. He was the son of Cochise, and a...
The Apache Artist
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Chiricahua Apache tribe
The Chiricahua POWs
By September 1886, Naiche’s beleaguered band of Chiricahua Apache numbered only thirty-nine. They had been running as much of 80 miles a day trying...
The True Chief of the Chiricahua Naiche led the band—including Geronimo—during the tough times.
Geronimo is usually portrayed as the leader of the Chiricahua Apaches, the band that continually left the reservation and headed into Mexico in the...
Geronimo Steals the Show
The 1898 Indian Congress didn’t please anyone.