Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache History
Before the name “Fort Sill Apache” the Tribe was what the linguists and anthropologists refer to as the Chiricahua Apache Tribe. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is made up of the descendants of the Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache who were held as Prisoners of War by the United States from 1886–1914. The name “Fort Sill Apache” was applied to the group while imprisoned at Fort Sill and was retained by the portion of the tribe that received allotments of land in Oklahoma. The Chiricahua Warms Springs Apache were made up of 4 bands: