Land area
Land of the Apache in Arizona, ceded 1877 (area 603)
- 1871
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President approves selection of reservation at Camp Apache, known as White Mountain reservation”
- 1877
Taken back by the United States
The 1899 record: “President restores a portion of White Mountain reservation to public domain”
In the record
Approved as part of the White Mountain Apache reservation in 1871, then returned to the public domain by executive order in 1877. The area covers about 3.0 million acres in what is now Arizona.
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:
- 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
- Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona
- White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona
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
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
- The Hopi Foundation Native-led Hopi community self-determination, capacity building, leadership programs and Hopi radio Give on their site Website
- Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute Native-led Hopi land stewardship, food sovereignty and regional food hub 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
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Nations named for this land 1, as named in the 1899 record
- Apachesuggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1871-11-09primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1877-03-31primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Arizona 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
- 603
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1871-11-09; 1877-03-31
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Apache
- States
- AZ
- Counties
- Apache; Gila; Graham; Navajo; Pinal
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Arizona 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