Editing Apache (section)

===Chiricahua – Mimbreño – Ndendahe===
* '''[[Chiricahua]]''' historically lived in Southeastern Arizona and Northern Sonora and Chihuahua. Chíshí (also Tchishi) is a [[Navajo language|Navajo]] word meaning "Chiricahua, southern Apaches in general".<ref>Similar words occur in [[Jicarilla language|Jicarilla]] ''Chíshín'' and [[Lipan language|Lipan]] ''Chishį́į́hį́į́'' "Forest Lipan".</ref>
**'''Ch'úúkʾanén''', true Chiricahua (Tsokanende, also Č'ók'ánéń, Č'ó·k'anén, Chokonni, Cho-kon-nen, Cho Kŭnĕ́, Chokonen) is the Eastern Chiricahua band identified by [[Morris Opler]]. The name is an [[endonym|autonym]] from the [[Chiricahua language]].
**'''Gileño''' (also Apaches de Gila, Apaches de Xila, Apaches de la Sierra de Gila, Xileños, Gilenas, Gilans, Gilanians, Gila Apache, Gilleños) referred to several different Apache and non-Apache groups at different times. ''Gila'' refers to either the [[Gila River]] or the [[Mogollon Mountains|Gila Mountains]]. Some of the Gila Apaches were probably later known as the Mogollon Apaches, a Central Apache sub-band, while others probably coalesced into the Chiricahua proper. But, since the term was used indiscriminately for all Apachean groups west of the Rio Grande (i.e. in southeast Arizona and western New Mexico), the reference in historical documents is often unclear. After 1722, Spanish documents start to distinguish between these different groups, in which case ''Apaches de Gila'' refers to the Western Apache living along the Gila River (synonymous with ''Coyotero''). American writers first used the term to refer to the Mimbres (another Central Apache subdivision).
*'''[[Mimbreños|Mimbreño]]''' are the Tchihende, not a ''Chiricahua'' band but a central Apache division sharing the same language with the Chiricahua and the Mescalero divisions, the name being referred to a central Apache division improperly considered as a section of Opler's "''Eastern Chiricahua'' band", and to Albert Schroeder's ''Mimbres'', or ''Warm Springs'' and ''Copper Mines'' "Chiricahua" bands<ref>Opler lists three Chiricahua bands, while Schroeder lists five</ref> in southwestern New Mexico.
** '''[[Chiricahua|Copper Mines]] Mimbreño''' (also Coppermine) were located on upper reaches of Gila River, New Mexico, having their center in the Pinos Altos area. (See also ''Gileño'' and ''Mimbreño''.)
** '''[[Chiricahua|Warm Springs]] Mimbreño''' (also Warmspring) were located on upper reaches of Gila River, New Mexico, having their center in the Ojo Caliente area. (See also ''Gileño'' and ''Mimbreño''.)
*'''[[Ndendahe]]''' were a division comprising the Bedonkohe (Mogollon) group and the Nedhni (Carrizaleño and Janero) group, incorrectly called, sometimes, ''Southern Chirichua''.
**'''Mogollon''' was considered by Schroeder to be a separate pre-reservation Chiricahua band, while Opler considered the Mogollon to be part of his ''Eastern Chiricahua'' band in New Mexico. This is not be confused with the precontact [[Mogollon culture]].
**'''[[Nedhni]]''' were the most southern group of the Central Apache, having their center in the Carrizal (Carrizaleño) and Janos (Janero) areas, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.