Plains Apache
Speech parts
1. Plains Apache - Noun
2. Plains Apache - Proper noun
Meaning
Plains Apache pl (plural only)
The Apache peoples living primarily in Oklahoma.
Plains Apache
The now-extinct Southern Athabascan language spoken by the Plains Apache people.
Examples
Conflict with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache ended in 1840 when the tribes made an alliance with each other.
During the wars, the Arapaho and Cheyenne allies the Kiowa, Comanche, and Plains Apache would participate in some battles alongside them.
South of Cheyenne territory they fought with the Kiowa (Vétapâhaetó'eo'o - “greasy wood ones”), Comanche (Šé'šenovotsétaneo'o - “snake people”), Ute (Mo'ȯhtávėhetaneo'o - “black (skinned) people”), Plains Apache (Mȯhtséheonetaneo'o - “occupied.
In the southern portion of their territory the Cheyenne and Arapaho warred with the allied Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache.
Many Kiowa and Plains Apache (or Naishan) moved to northern Comancheria and became closely associated with the Yamparika.
On the southern plains, the Arapaho and Cheyenne allied with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Plains Apache to fight invading settlers and US soldiers.