Fort Sill Apache Tribe Receives U.S. Reservation Proclamation Following a 125 Year Wait

U.S. Department of the Interior Recognizes Tribe’s Legal Homeland in Southwestern New MexicoAkela, New Mexico (November 23, 2011)— The Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe  (Fort Sill Apache Tribe) today applauded the decision of U.S. Department of Interior Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk to grant the Tribe a Reservation Proclamation for its legally-defined homeland in Luna County, New Mexico, 125 years after its predecessors were forcibly removed from their homeland and imprisoned. A Reservation Proclamation was formally approved by the