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Land of the Apache (Jicarilla bands) in New Mexico, ceded 1876 (area 563)

Shape traced from the 1899 maps; approximate. Open on the map
  1. 1873

    Named in the record

    The 1899 record: “Agreement concluded, subject to approval of Congress, setting apart reservation on San Juan river”

  2. 1874

    Set aside as a reservation

    The 1899 record: “President sets apart, subject to action of Congress, tract described in agreement concluded Dec. 10, 1873”

  3. 1876

    Taken back by the United States

    The 1899 record: “Revoked and canceled by Executive order of July 18, 1876”

In the record

Set apart on the San Juan River for the Jicarilla Apache by executive order in 1874, under an agreement Congress never approved, then canceled in 1876. The area covers about 711 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.

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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.

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Nations named for this land 2

Located in 1

Sources

  1. Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1873-12-10primary record
  2. Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1874-03-25primary record
  3. Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1876-07-18primary record
  4. Royce’s map sheet: New Mexico 2 (Library of Congress)primary record
  5. 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
563
Dates in the 1899 record
1873-12-10; 1874-03-25; 1876-07-18
Kind of instrument
Executive order
Peoples as named in the 1899 record
Apache (Jicarilla bands)
States
NM
Counties
San Juan
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

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