Land area
Land of the Apache (Southern) in New Mexico, ceded 1874 (area 531)
- 1871
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President approves selection of reserve known as Tularosa River reservation”
- 1874
Taken back by the United States
The 1899 record: “President restores to public domain Tularosa River reservation, set apart by Executive order of Aug. 29, 1871”
In the record
Approved as the Tularosa River reservation for the Southern Apache in 1871, then returned to the public domain by executive order in 1874. The area covers about 432 thousand acres in what is now New Mexico.
The 1899 record names Apache as the people of this land.
Today, Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Fort Sill Apache Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, Mescalero Apache Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe and 3 more carry the history of the people named here.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Nation government Tribal co-management and protection of Bears Ears National Monument Give on their site Website
- Taos Pueblo Nation government Blue Lake return, 48,000 acres, Dec 15, 1970 (Pub. L. 91-550) Website
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
- Lakota People's Law Project (program of Sacred Defense Fund) Native-led Legal advocacy Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 8
- Apacheas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Apache Tribe of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Fort Sill Apache Tribematched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexicomatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Mescalero Apache Tribematched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- San Carlos Apache Tribematched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizonamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizonamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1871-11-09primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1874-11-24primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: New Mexico 2 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 531
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1871-11-09; 1874-11-24
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Apache (Southern)
- States
- NM
- Counties
- Catron
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- New Mexico 2
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium