Lipan Apache people
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (5000-8000 (2013)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States(  Texas,  New Mexico) |
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| Languages | |
| Lipan Apache, English | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Apache peoples |
Lipan Apache are Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) Native Americans whose traditional territory included present-day Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas prior to the 17th century.
Present-day Lipan live mostly throughout the U.S. Southwest, in Texas, New Mexico and the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, as well as with the Mescalero tribe on the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico; some also live in urban and rural areas throughout North America (Mexico, United States and Canada). The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is headquartered in McAllen, Texas.
The name Lipán is a Spanish adaption of their self-designation as Lépai-Ndé reflecting their migratory story. The Lipan are also known as Querechos, Vaqueros, Pelones, Nde buffalo hunters, Eastern Apache, Apache de los Llanos, Lipan, Ipande, Ypandes, Ipandes, Ipandi, Lipanes, Lipanos, Lipanis, Lipaines, Lapane, Lapanne, Lapanas, Lipau, Lipaw, Apaches Lipan, Apacheria Lipana, and Lipanes Llaneros. The first recorded name is Ypandes.
By 1750, the Lipan Apache were driven from the Southern Great Plains by the Comanche and their allies, the so-called Norteños. The Lipan divided into the following groups or bands:
Eastern Lipan (Spanish: Lipanes de arriba - "Upper Lipan", "Northern Lipan")
Western Lipan (Spanish: Lipanes de abajo - "Lower Lipan", "Southern Lipan")
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