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Mescalero

Mescalero

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A member of the Apache people from New Mexico
  • proper noun
  • /ˌmɛskəˈlɛroʊ/
: mescalero
  • The Mescalero used to go down and meet the Lipan.
  • Mescalero Apache
  • Mescalero and Chiricahua
  • Mescalero and Lipan

Examples

  • The Mescalero Apache were only mildly affected by the termination policy.

    Academic text (1990)
  • A second group of Lipan, comprising nineteen individuals, was relocated from Mexico to the Mescalero Reservation between 1903 and 1905.

    Academic text (1999)
  • They had a bunch of Mescalero Apaches penned up there with us.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The Mescalero Apache Reservation occupies an area traditionally familiar to the Mescalero and Lipan groups.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Today, members of this group officially reside among Mescalero Apache in New Mexico and Fort Sill Apache in Oklahoma.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I have also examined a number of Coyote narratives told by Horace Torres and Charles Smith, two Mescalero men, to Harry Hoijer in the early years of the 1930s.

    Academic text (1999)
  • During Opler's fieldwork in the 1930s, he reported that many Mescaleros, Lipans, and Chiricahuas still differentiated themselves; that is, they identified themselves as Lipan, Mescalero, or Chiricahua.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The Mescalero Apache people have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional music and dance.

  • Many tourists visit the Mescalero Apache Reservation to learn about the history and traditions of the community.

  • The basketball team of the Mescalero Apache often competes in local tournaments across New Mexico.

Surface Forms

Mescalero main

Etymology

Mescalero (a person) gets its name from Spanish mescal + -ero meaning 'mescal gatherer', so calling someone a Mescalero means they are a member of that Apache group. This connects the name to the people's history and way of life.