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

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