San Carlos Apache Tribe
United States 
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The San Carlos Reservation is located in Arizona
Established: November 9, 1871 (White Mountain Apache Reservation); June 30, 1896 San Carlos Mineral Strip Act; February 7, 1897 (the actual date San Carlos Reservation was created)
Agency: San Carlos Apache Agency
Tribe: Apache
Population-- 2010: The San Carlos Reservation population is 10,068
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Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
San Carlos Apache Tribe
P.O. Box 0
San Carlos, AZ 85550
Phone: 1.928.475.2361
Fax: 1.928.475.2567
- San Carlos Apache Tribe Official Website
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
1534: First contact with Spaniards in route to Mexico City
1540: Juan Vasquez de Coronado and Spanish settlers arrive
1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes northern Arizona and northern New Mexico land to the United States. War with U.S. army begins
1871: White Mountain Apache Reservation established
1896: Preparations are reached on February 25, to deport the Montana Chippewa's to this Reservation. On June 30, 1896, the San Carlos Mineral Strip Act commenced the process of ceding the southern part of White Mountain Apache Reservation, to the Montana Chippewa's.
1897: White Mountain Apache Reservation is divided into Fort Apache Reservation and San Carlos Reservation, on February 7, 1897.
Reservations[edit | edit source]
White Mountain Apache Reservation
Records[edit | edit source]
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Amended Constitution and By-Laws of the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona. Effective February 24, 1954.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe Official Website
- San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation Wikpedia
