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Nataje Apache

"Nataje" is an alternate name for the Mescalero Apache tribe. It comes from a Mescalero band name, Nit'ahe, which means "by the mountain's edge." ("Nataje" is a Spanish spelling of this name, and so the "j" is pronounced similar to an English "h.")

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Nataje Apache language
Mescalero tribe
Apache culture
Apache Indian tribe
Apache pronunciation
Athapascan
Southwest Indian languages

Here are a few good books about the Natajes:
Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians
Wisdom Sits In Places
Western Apache-English Dictionary

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