Nation
Mescalero Apache Tribe · mescalero apache · Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico · Chiricahua · LipanMescalero Apache Tribe
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- Official name
- Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- New Mexico
In the record
The atlas records 2 broken treaty promises involving Mescalero Apache Tribe: Navajo: the Long Walk and Bosque Redondo (1864-1868), ended by the 1868 treaty and Chiricahua Apache: the 1872 reservation abolished (1876) and 27 years as prisoners of war (1886-1912/14). One court case turned on its rights: New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe.
This nation carries the history of Apache and Chiricahua 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.
Names
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Peoples within this name
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
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Apache in New Mexico (area 448)1864
- Land of the Apache (Southern) in New Mexico, ceded 1874 (area 531)1871
- Land of the Apache (Mescalero) in New Mexico, ceded 1883 (area 643)1873
- Reservation of the Apache (Mescalero) in New Mexico (area 644)1873
- Land of the Apache (eastern bands) in New Mexico and Texas, recorded 1886 (area 688)1886
Named in 3
Carries the treaty history of 2
Includes 1
Sources
- mescaleroapachetribe.com/our-culture/unclassified
Today, three sub-tribes, Mescalero, Lipan and Chiricahua, make up the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
- 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).
Research notes
Name as printed in V042.
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