Mashgalénde

Mashgalénde is a name for the Mescalero Apache, whose homelands extended across the mountains and plains of the southern Southwest. The name Mescalero recalls the agave, or mescal, whose roasted hearts provided an important food. Families also hunted bison and other game and moved seasonally through a country of mountain forests, arid basins and grasslands. Their Apache language connected them with related peoples across the region.