Mescalero Apache Tribe

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This tribe practice matrilineal heritage

Tribal Headquarters
Mescalero Apache Tribe P.O. Box 227 Mescalero, NM 88340 Phone: 1.575.464.4494 Fax: 1.575.464.9191


 * Mescalero Apache Tribal Community Website

Brief Timeline
1540: first contact made by Fancisco Vazquez Coronado

1786: Presidio Ration Program of the Spanish gave food and alcohol to all Apache

1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, land is ceded to the United States

1863: forced relocation to Fort Sunmer

1864: Navajo enemies of the Apache were moved into Fort Sumner

1864: Arizona Territorial Legislature; encouraged the killing of Apache people

1873: Mescalero reservation established

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Charles Leland Sonnichsen. The Mescalero Apaches. Norman OK. University of Oklahoma Press 1958.

Reservations
This tribe is primarily associated with the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico.

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and Bylaws of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation
 * Mescalero Apache Tribal Community Website
 * Mescalero Tribe Wikipedia