Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Background

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is made up of the descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches, who lived in southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico until they were removed from their homelands and held as prisoners of war by the United States from 1886 to 1914. After Geronimo surrendered in 1886, the government held the Chiricahua first in Florida, then in Alabama, and then moved them to the Fort Sill area of Oklahoma. One-third of the people stayed at Fort Sill when the imprisonment ended, and the others moved to the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. The tribe's government is based in Apache, Oklahoma, and the tribe is federally recognized.

Visit and learn

Fort Sill Apache Tribe's own site

Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.

Parks on its homelands

Chiricahua National Park

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is made up of descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches held as prisoners of war by the United States from 1886 to 1914. Its government is in Apache, Oklahoma. Source

Sources

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
• https://fortsillapache-nsn.gov/
• https://fortsillapache-nsn.gov/history-and-traditional-culture/history/
• https://www.nps.gov/chir/learn/historyculture/post-apache-wars.htm

Checked October 2026.

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