TheMimbreños were a sub-tribe ofApache,Native Americans, who were based inNew Mexico. Their territory included the narrow valley of theMimbres River to theRio Grande into theMimbres Mountains and theCook's Range.
The band in the Mimbres valley is known as the Tchihende band. Mimbres Apache merged into theChiricahua Apache, and today many of their descendants are enrolled with theFort Sill Apache in Oklahoma.
They should not be confused with theMimbres culture, a precontactAncestral Pueblo people.
The Mimbreños developed anirrigation system in the Mimbres Valley which made it possible for the band to stay in one place.[1] This was different from nomadic Apache groups; however, the irrigation system ultimately failed.[1]
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