The Mescalero Apache Tribe, located in South Central New Mexico, welcomes you to familiarize yourself with our history, traditions, and the current vision of our Tribe. The Mescalero people were nomadic hunters and gathers and roamed the Southwest. They were experts in guerrilla warfare and highly skilled horsemen.

WELCOME TO OUR SACRED LANDS. The Mescalero Apache Tribe, located in South Central New Mexico, welcomes you to familiarize yourself with our history, traditions, and the current vision of our Tribe.

Mescalero or Mescalero Apache (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans. The tribe is federally recognized as the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, located …

The Mescalero Apache Tribe was established by Executive Order of President Ulysses S. Grant on May 27, 1873. There are three sub-bands that comprise the Tribe: the Mescalero Apache, the Chiricahua Apache, and the Lipan Apache.

The powers of government within the Mescalero Apache Tribe are divided into three distinct departments: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The Executive Department of the Mescalero Apache Tribe Government consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer.

Features photos, artifacts, clothing, crafts, and other exhibits about the history/culture of the Mescalero Apache. Contact (575) 464-4494 for more information. The Mescalero Apache Tribe owns and operates both the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino and Ski …

Mescalero, tribe of the Eastern Apache division of North American Indians. Their name is taken from the mescal (peyote) cactus (Lophophora williamsii), which provided fibre, food, and drink to these predominantly foraging people.

Feb 5, 2022 · The Mescalero Apache Tribe owns and operates both Ski Apache Ski Resort and the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino as well as other Reservation-based enterprises. The Mescalero Apache reservation covers 720 square …

Sep 12, 2022 · Mescalero is the Spanish word for “mescal eater.” Apache came from the Zuni word ápachu, meaning “enemy.” The Mescalero homeland today is a 463,000-acre reservation in the Sacramento Mountains, including Sierra Blanca. It was established in 1883 by President Ulysses Grant’s Executive Order.

The Mescalero Apache Tribe represents the Mescalero, Lipan, and Chiricahua Apache bands of Apache. Prior to the existence of the United States, the Mescalero, Chiricahua, and Lipan Apache roamed throughout their ancestral homelands in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico.