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Fort Sill Apache celebrate reservation anniversary

By Jeri Clausing
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One year after being granted reservation status in New Mexico, the Fort Sill Apache raised their flag Friday on their 30-acre plot in the Akela Flats of southern New Mexico. But tribal Chairman Jeff Haozous says it will likely take generations to re-establish a true presence on tribal homelands.

That remains contingent, however, on resolution of the tribe’s longstanding battle to build a casino on the reservation, and there has been little progress in the last year.

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