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===White Mountain Apache=== The White Mountain Apache or ''Dził Łigai Si’án Ndéé'' "People of the White Mountains" ({{langx|es|Sierra Blanca Apache'}}), are centered in [[Fort Apache Indian Reservation]]. It is the most eastern band of the Western Apache group. The White Mountain Apache are a federally recognized tribe. Their traditional area ranged from the [[White Mountains (Arizona)|White Mountains]] near present-day [[Snowflake, Arizona]], the [[Little Colorado River]] in the north over the [[Gila Mountains (Graham County)|Gila Mountains]] south to the [[Pinaleno Mountains]] near [[Safford, Arizona|Safford (Ichʼįʼ Nahiłtį́į́))]] and parts of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Sonora|Sonora, Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia de la lengua y cultura n'dee/n'nee/ndé |url=https://contigoenladistancia.cultura.gob.mx/detalle/conversatorio-historia-de-la-lengua-y-cultura-n-dee-n-nee-nde-hacia-el-registro-en-el-catalogo-de-las-lenguas-indigenas-nacionales-clin-}}</ref> They lived near waterways, which they used for their crops, such as along the East Fork and North Fork of the [[White River (Arizona)|White River]], Willow Creek, [[Black River (Arizona)|Black River]] and the [[Gila River]].<ref name="Greenville1" />{{rp|12}} <ref>Ian W. Record: ''Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place'', p. 56, {{ISBN|978-0-8061-3972-2}}, 2008, University of Oklahoma Press</ref> * Western White Mountain band (''Łį́nabaahé'', ''Łį́nabaahá'' – “Many Go to War People”, literally, “they scout with horses,” often called ''Coyoteros'' or ''Coyotero Apaches'') * Eastern White Mountain band (''Dziłghą́ʼé'' or ''Dziłghą’á'' – “On Top of Mountains People”) ** Dził Nchaa Si’án (“Big Seated Mountain People”, i.e. “People of [[Mount Graham]]”)<ref name="Yavapai and Nde Apache">[http://www.desertusa.com/mb3/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2743&start=40 Yavapai and Nde Apache]</ref> ** Today it includes the Tséé hachíídn or Cháchíídn (“Red Rock Strata People”, a group of chief Pedro's Carrizo band of the Cibecue Apaches, who were not forced to move to San Carlos in 1875.<ref>[http://www.fortapachearizona.org/history Fort Apache History]</ref>
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