The purpose of this group is to research the DNA migrations of people and their families who have a history of descending from Apache of the Southwest Texas and Northwest Chihuahua "La Junta de Los Rios" region and establish a link to our Apache families such as the Jumano, Suma, Nakai-Ye, Lipan and Mescalero of Presidio del Norte.

Tribes Related to this Project

• Jumano (Buffalo hunters of the Northern Texas plains who made their winter home in La Junta)
• Jumano-Apache (Apaches-Jumanes, Jumano that joined and integrated with their traditional enemies - the Apache)
• Conchos (Native group along the east Conchos, likely absorbed by Apachean groups)
• Julimes  (Agricultural faction of the Jumano, near Julimes, Chihuahua, likely absorbed by Apachean groups)
• Tobosos (Apache of Mexico, the Mexican equivalent of the Chiracahua Apache of the United States - who gave Mexico the fight of their lives)
• Suma (Believed to be a northern family group of the Jumano, between La Junta and El Paso, TX, likely absorbed by Apachean groups)
• Mescalero-Apache (The Mescalero-Apache at the Presidio del Norte between 1780-1830, major group responsible for the Apacheanization of La Junta)
• Lipan-Apache (The Lipan bands present at Presidio del Norte between 1780-1830, minor group, affiliated with the Lipan to the east near San Antonio)
• Salinero-Apache (Also known as the Faraones, merged in the 1700's with the Mescalero bands). 
• Nakai'ye-N'de (Nakai'ye means Mexican, in a general sense, but in this context, by adding N'de as a suffix, refers to the Mexican Clan of Lipan/Mescalero that stayed in Northern Chihuahua after the relocation of the Mescalero to the Bosque Redondo, New Mexico)