0 a member of a tribe (= group) of Native Americans living mainly in the southwestern part of the United States:
His grandfather was jailed for protesting against the US government's efforts to remove Apaches from their tribal lands.
1 belonging or relating to the Apache tribe (= group) of Native Americans living mainly in the southwestern part of the United States:
Apache warriors
In colonial days, the Ojo Caliente band of the eastern Chiricahua Apaches hunted and farmed here.
Fort Sumner was built to house the soldiers who stood guard over hundreds of Apaches and thousands of Navajos.
He learned a lot from an Apache elder he calls "Grandfather."
The White Mountain Apache Tribe became the first in the nation to issue tax-exempt bonds for housing.
the death of Apache chief Victorio at the hands of Mexican troops in 1880
The state is home to 22 sovereign Indian nations comprised of 19 pueblos, the Navajo Nation and two Apache nations.
