Apache Tribe
- Settled in Southwest United States
- Conflicts with Spanish Colonists
- In the 1850s, many gold miners traveled to the Santa Rita Mountains, causing conflicts with the Apache
- This time period is known as the Apache Wars
- In 1875, United States military forced the removal of the Apache.
- U.S. Army troops made the people walk 180 miles through winter-flooded rivers, mountain passes and narrow canyon trails.
- The people were held in internment for 25 years while white settlers took over their land.