Books
War
Apache Wars and Chiricahua Resistance
1849–1886 CE
The Apache Wars developed as United States expansion into the Southwest intensified after the Mexican–American War. Chiricahua, Chihenne, Bedonkohe and other Apache communities resisted military occupation, settler encroachment, confinement and repeated transfers between reservations.
Leaders including Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Victorio and Geronimo pursued different combinations of warfare, negotiation and flight. Lozen, Victorio’s sister, became known as a warrior, healer and spiritual figure during the final decades of resistance.
The subject appears in historical fiction concerned with Apache sovereignty, reservation policy, cross-border warfare and survival in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora and Chihuahua. It narrows the focus beyond the Indian Wars of the American West as a whole.
Non-Fiction
3 Best Non-Fiction Books About the Apache Wars and Chiricahua Resistance
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
