Fort Sill Apache Tribe

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Tribal Headquarters
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Rt. 2, Box 121 Apache, OK 73006 Phone: 1.580.588.2298 Fax: 1.580.588.3133


 * Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Fort Sill Apaches include members of the Warm Springs Band of Apache and the Chiricahua Apaches. This group is often referred to as Chief Geronimo's Band of Apaches.

Population: 1984: Total enrollment 306.

History
Victorio was the Chief who took a group of forty warriors on the war path in protest over the tribe's being moved to a reservation located at San Carlos, Arizona from their New Mexico reservation.

Geronimo assumed command of the group of Apaches. He carried the Native American warfare until August 1886 when General Nelson A. Miles forced him to surrender.

Geronimo and his followers were taken prisoner of war and imprisoned at Fort Marion and Pensacola, Florida.

Many imprisoned members died the first year and the tribe was removed to Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama for seven years.

1894: Geronimo and his band were brought from Alabama to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Indian Territory.

1909 Geronimo died, and is buried in the Apache Cemetery near Fort Sill, Oklahoma

1913 some were alloted land in Oklahoma; others moved to the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico.

Land Records
Allotted land: 3,044.25 acres. Tribally owned land: 38.65 acres.

Important Websites

 * Fort Sill Apache Tribe
 * Fort Sill Apache Tribe Wikipedia
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma