San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation

San Carlos Apache Nation
Tsékʼáádn (Western Apache)
Location of San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation
Total population
16,250
Regions with significant populations
United States (Arizona)
Languages
Western Apache, Spanish, English
Religion
Traditional Tribal Religions, Christianity (especially Lutheranism)
Related ethnic groups
Apache, Navajo(Diné)

The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation (Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed from their original homelands under a strategy devised by General George Crook of setting the various Apache tribes against one another. Once nicknamed "Hell's Forty Acres" during the late 19th century due to poor health and environmental conditions, modern San Carlos Apaches operate a Chamber of Commerce, the Apache Gold and Apache Sky Casinos, a Language Preservation program, a Culture Center, and a Tribal College.

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