Nation
Apache Tribe of OklahomaApache Tribe of Oklahoma
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- Official name
- Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Apache and Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache) in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Act of Congress132 million
- Executive order11 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
22 cessions. Follow Apache through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
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
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 3, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Carries the treaty history of 2
Sources
- plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.085.htmlreference work
According to our legends, we, the Plains Apaches or Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, have been here since time began.
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
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