Apache is pronounced "uh-PAH-chee." It means "enemy" in the language of their Zuni neighbors. The Apache are natives of the Southwest deserts particularly in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Most Apache people lived in wickiups, which are simple wooden frames covered by a matting of brush and sometimes a buffalo-hide tarp. Wickiups were small dwellings, often the size of a modern camp tent, and an Apache woman could build a new wickiup in two hours if there was enough brush available. The Plains Apaches and some Lipan Apaches used buffalo-hide tipis as housing instead, which are more spacious and easier to heat than wickiups.
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