The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is comprised of the descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches who lived in southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico until they were removed from their homelands and held as …

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is headquartered in Apache, Oklahoma. Tribal member enrollment, which requires a 1⁄16 minimum blood quantum (equivalent to one great-great-grandparent), stands at 650. [1] .

Today’s tribal members are survivors and descendants of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, whose original territory covered much of what is now the American Southwest including eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, along the United States border with Mexico.

Within our historic aboriginal territory lies our federally recognized reservation, nestled in Akela, New Mexico. The heart of our ancestral homeland beats here. The tribal headquarters is located two miles north of Apache, Oklahoma.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is successor to the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apache people that lived in Southern New Mexico until 1886, when they were forcibly removed and held by the U.S. Government for 28 years.

Sep 21, 2009 · Today’s tribal members are survivors and descendants of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, whose original territory covered much of what is now the American Southwest including eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, along the United States border with Mexico.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is comprised of the descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches. Originally, there were four looslely affiliated bands that were grouped together as Chiricahua: the Chíhéne, the Chukunen, the Bidánku, and the Ndéndai.

Nov 26, 2011 · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 125 years after the surrender of renowned Apache leader Geronimo scattered tribal members across the Southwest, the Fort Sill Apache have won the right to establish a reservation on homelands in southern New Mexico.

Oct 19, 2022 · The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is comprised of the descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches who lived in southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico until they were removed from their homelands and held as Prisoners of War by the United States from 1886–1914.

Dec 29, 2003 · Original lands: Until 1886, the Chiricahua Apaches claimed 22 million acres of what is now southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico and a similar amount in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. History: Mexico and the United States joined forces to drive the tribe out and divide its land.