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When did Navajo and Apache ancestors migrate into the Southwest?
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The ancestors of the Navajo and Apache—collectively referred to as Apacheans—migrated to the American Southwest from present-day Canada. While the exact timing of this relocation remains unknown, historical, linguistic, and archaeological evidence indicates that these hunting-and-gathering groups arrived in the region sometime between 1100 and 1500 CE.123