Chiricahua and Western Apache bands of the Mogollon highlands and Gila headwaters.
Not an ending: Gila Apache bands were forced onto the Mescalero and San Carlos reservations through the 1870s and 1880s, and the last free bands surrendered in 1886. Descendants continue today as enrolled members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe (the Chiricahua exile community) — three nations already on this map — rather than under a surviving 'Gila Apache' land base of their own.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Gila Apache — the shape you scrub through changes in 1540 · 1801 · 1886.
Covers the Chiricahua and Western Apache bands of the Gila and Mogollon country and their long resistance.
Broad context for Apache resistance continuing into the American era.
Weber's comprehensive history of Spain's northern frontier is the essential era context for the Chichimeca nations and their resistance; covers the 'peace by purchase' resolution of the 1590s.