Plains Apache

The Plains Apache are a small Southern Athabaskan group who live on the Southern Plains of North America, in close association with the linguistically unrelated Kiowa Tribe. Today, they are centered in Southwestern Oklahoma and Northern Texas and are federally recognized as the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
Plains Apache
Naishadena
Vanessa Jennings, a Plains Apache/Kiowa/Gila River Pima artist and traditionalist
Total population
2,263
Regions with significant populations
United States (Oklahoma)
Languages
English, formerly Plains Apache language
Religion
Indigenous religion, Native American Church, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
other Apache peoples, Navajo people, and other Athabascans
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