Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Photo courtesy of fortsillapache-nsn.gov

Photo courtesy of fortsillapache-nsn.gov

What happened to the Fort Sill Apache Tribe?

When Chiricahua Apache religious and military leader Geronimo and his band surrendered for the final time to the U.S. government in September 1886, they became prisoners of war and were sentenced to manual labor at an Army camp in Florida.