Mescalero Apache Tribe

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

This tribe practice matrilineal heritage

Tribal Headquarters
Mescalero Apache Tribe 108 Central Avenue / PO Box 227 Mescalero, NM 88340 Phone: 575-464-4494 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.

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Important Websites

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