Everything about Mescalero totally explained
Mescalero (or
Mescalero Apache) is a
Native American tribe of
Southern Athabaskan heritage currently living on the
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in southcentral
New Mexico. The Mescaleros opened their doors to other
Apache bands, the
Chiricahua who were imprisoned at
Fort Sill,
Oklahoma and the
Lipan Apaches . The Reorganization Act of 1936 consolidated the tribes onto the reservation.
Reservation
Originally established on
May 27,
1873, by Executive Order of President
Ulysses S. Grant, the reservation was first located near
Fort Stanton. The present reservation was established in 1883. It has a land area is 1,862.463 km² (719.101 sq mi), almost entirely in
Otero County, but there's a tiny unpopulated section which spills over into
Lincoln County just southwest of the neighboring city of
Ruidoso. It had a
2000 census population of 3,156.
Ranching and tourism are major sources of income.
U.S. Route 70 is the major highway through this reservation, which lies on the eastern flank of the
Sacramento Mountains and borders the
Lincoln National Forest. The mountains and foothills are forested with pines, and commercial development is restricted. However, the reservation has invested, for example, in a ski resort called
Ski Apache, on a mountain,
Sierra Blanca, and a hotel in its shadow, the
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino
.
Sierra Blanca is
sacred ground for the Apache. A cultural center near the tribal headquarters on U.S. Route 70 in the reservation's largest community of
Mescalero contains some historical information. Another museum on the western flank of the
Sacramento Mountains, in Dog Canyon, south of
Alamogordo, New Mexico contains more information.
Tribal organization
The Mescalero Apache Tribe was headed by
Wendell Chino, President of The Mescalero Apache People for 43 years, until his death on
November 4,
1998. Soon after his death late
Sara Miquez took place as president. Not too long afterwards his son, Mark Chino also served as the president of the tribe. The tribe holds elections for office every two years for tribal council and every four years for the president.
Carleton Naiche-Palmer was sworn in as the new president of the Mescalero Apache tribe on
January 11,
2008.
[
]Culture and language
The Mescalero language is an Southern Athabaskan language which is a subfamily of the Athabaskan and Na-Dené families. Mescalero lies on the southwestern branch of this subfamily and is very closely related to Chiricahua and more distantly related to Navajo and Western Apache.
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