Fort Sill-Chiricahua-Warm Springs-Apache Tribe

Political Name: Fort Sill-Chiricahua-Warm Springs-Apache Tribe

Pronunciation: Fort Sill Cheery-kah-wah Warm Springs Uh-Paa-CHEE

Self-Designated Name: Chíhéne + Bidánku + Chukunene + Ndé'ndaí

Title of Tribal Leader: Chairman

Language: Chiricahua (Southern Athabaskan; Na-Dene)

Tribal Greeting: Hadínyaa? (Where are you going?)

Cultural Relatives: Navajo (AZ, NM, UT), Mescalero Aapche (NM), and Western Apache (AZ)

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Apache, Oklahoma, where the Fort Sill-Chiricahua-Warm Springs-Apache Tribe is headquartered.
Fort Sill-Chiricahua-Warm Springs-Apache Tribe is located in Apache, OK.
A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).
This map illustrates the homelands of tribal nations in Oklahoma today.