1. Naiche was the youngest son of Cochise and his wife Dos-teh-seh, His older brother was Tahzay.
12 Facts About Naiche
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Naiche had three wives, Haozinne, E-Clah-he, and Na-deh-yole, and fourteen children.
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In 1880, Naiche traveled to Mexico with Geronimo's band, to avoid forced relocation to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona.
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In 1913, Naiche moved to the Mescalero Indian Reservation in New Mexico.
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Naiche had the reputation of being the finest Indian artist of that period.
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Naiche's subjects were flowers, deer, other wild animals, turkey, and various objects of nature, as he saw them.
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Naiche carved canes from wood and painted them in different colors.
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Naiche died of influenza on March 16,1919, in Mescalero, New Mexico.
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Naiche is one of the central characters in the novel Cry of Eagles by William W Johnstone.
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The story features Naiche leading a renegade band of Apache in open warfare against white settlers and miners as they attempt to join Geronimo in Mexico.
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Naiche is played by Rex Reason in Douglas Sirk's film Taza, Son of Cochise.
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Naiche identified as "Chief Nachez" was a character in Season 6 Episode 22 of The Life And Legend of Wyatt Earp.