Mescalero
Sign in to saveMescalero or Mescalero Apache () 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 in south-central New Mexico.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Mescalero Apache
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Tribal Flag
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- 2205R Mescalero Reservation Locator Map.svg
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- Location of Mescalero Apache Nation Reservation
- Ethnic group.population
- 64,484 total Apache 8,652 MATReservation
- Ethnic group.region1
- United States of America (Oklahoma, New Mexico)
- Ethnic group.region2
- Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Catholic Religion, Mescalero and Native Cultural Heritage
- Ethnic group.languages
- Mescalero, English, Spanish
- Ethnic group.related
- Western Apache, San Carlos Apache, White Mountain Apache, Navajo
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Reservation
- Tribal government
- Culture and language
- Origin of name
- Tribal territory
- Bands
- Notable Mescalero
- Historical chiefs and headmen
- Other notable Mescalero
- Education
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mescalero or Mescalero Apache () 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 in south-central New Mexico.
In the 19th century, the Mescalero opened their reservation to other Apache tribes, such as the Mimbreno (Chíhéńde, Warm Springs Apaches) and the Chiricahua (Shá’i’áńde or Chidikáágu). Some Lipan Apache (Tú’édįnéńde and Túntsańde) also joined the reservation. Their descendants are enrolled in the Mescalero Apache Tribe.