Seal of the San Carlos Apache tribe

Seal of the White Mountain Apache tribe

San Carlos Apache woman

Western Apache refers to the similar Apache peoples living primarily in east central Arizona. Goodwin (1938) claims that the Western Apache can be divided into five groups based on dialect:

• Cibecue,
• Northern Tonto,
• Southern Tonto,
• San Carlos, and
• White Mountain.

Other researchers do not find any linguistic evidence for five groups, but rather three main varieties with several subgroupings:

• San Carlos,
• White Mountain, and
• Dilzhe'e (Tonto).

Notable Western Apache

• Jay Tavare, actor (White Mountain)
• Michael Minjarez, actor & Apache dialect supervisor

References and recommended reading

For the references, see the subarticle: Western Apache/Bibliography.

External links

• White Mountain Apache Tribe (Arizona Intertribal Council)
• San Carlos Apache Tribe (Arizona Intertribal Council)
• Tonto Apache Tribe (Arizona Intertribal Council)
• Yavapai-Apache Nation Official Website
• Yavapai-Apache Nation (Arizona Intertribal Council)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe
• map of Fort Apache Reservation
• Photos & Fact about White Mountain Apaches at Fort Apache Reservation (includes photographs)
• Apache Texts
• Grenville Goodwin's preface to Myths and Tales of the White Mountain Apache
• White Mountain Apache Language: Issues in Language Shift, Textbook Development, and Native Speaker-University Collaboration

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