The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is comprised 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 …

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe was moved to Oklahoma in 1894 after nearly a decade of imprisonment and exile at U.S. Army installations in Florida and Alabama. Today’s tribal members are survivors and descendants of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, whose original territory covered much of what is now the American Southwest including eastern Arizona ...

Our tribal territory encompasses trust lands in southwestern Oklahoma and southeastern Arizona. Within our historic aboriginal territory lies our federally recognized reservation, nestled in Akela, New Mexico.

The American Indian tribe known today as the Fort Sill Apache was moved to Oklahoma in 1894 after continuing nearly a decade of imprisonment and exile at U.S. Army installations in Florida and Alabama.

Originating from the Apache people, known for their fierce independence and skilled horsemanship, the tribe’s history is marked by both struggle and perseverance, particularly during the U.S. government’s efforts to relocate them to the Fort Sill military reservation.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe are the descendants of three Apache Tribes: the Warm Spring Apache Tribe, Chiricahua Apache Tribe and the Nednai Apache Tribe.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is comprised of the descendants of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches. Originally, there were four looslely affiliated bands that were grouped together as Chiricahua: the Chíhéne, the Chukunen, the Bidánku, and the Ndéndai.