The Apaches were a nomadic group that originally lived in a very large territory in Southwestern America. They were made up of individual extended family groups that were each independent; this made their history with other peoples very complicated.
The Apaches did not have a united tribe. Within the tribes, they divided themselves into smaller groups so they could hunt game and gather food from distant places. The Apache did settle and become farmers, but they sometimes planted food that could be harvested later.
