Fort Sill Apache Tribe
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Lands
Apache and Fletcher, Oklahoma; reservation land in New Mexico, United States
Countries United States
Facts 5
Land
The Tribe reports that its New Mexico reservation proclamation was issued in November 2011, following its efforts to regain a land base in its homeland.
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History
Apache families who remained at Fort Sill were released in 1914 and resettled on scattered farmland near Apache and Fletcher, Oklahoma.
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History
In 1894, Chiricahua Apache prisoners were moved to Oklahoma after imprisonment and exile in Florida and Alabama.
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Governance
The General Council, made up of adult tribal members, elects the Business Committee and approves the tribal operations budget.
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Today
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe comprises descendants of Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches displaced from the Southwest and northern Mexico.
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Context and resources
For the history of families who remained near Fort Sill, start with the Tribe's own account of release and resettlement in 1914. Mescalero's account provides a separate history of Chiricahua arrivals there. The related records remain separate.
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This record describes the Fort Sill Apache Tribe. Related Chiricahua records describe distinct communities or governments; this page does not merge them or claim exclusive representation.
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Related records
Distinct records associated with Chiricahua people or self-identification; no merger, exclusive representative, legal equivalence, or common-government claim.
Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache Nation.
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From the publisher's own pages
Fort Sill Apache history in the Tribe's own words (opens in a new tab)
A starting point for imprisonment, displacement, resettlement and the Tribe's efforts to regain a land base. Historical events are dated accounts, not a statement of present land boundaries.
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Mexico: INPI's broader N’dee o N’nee o Ndé entry (opens in a new tab)
INPI describes contemporary communities in Chihuahua, Sonora and Coahuila. This is a broader people-level account, not a list of Chiricahua governments or proof that any named US community represents them. Mexican communities' own names and governing bodies still need separate research.
Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, source reviewed with AI assistance.
Fort Sill Apache environmental programs (opens in a new tab)
The Tribe describes land stewardship and air and water monitoring programs. Program descriptions are not independent measurements of outcomes.
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