Tonto Apache
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona
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Location of Tonto Apache Reservation | |
| Federally recognized | October 6, 1972 |
| Village | Payson, Arizona |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Calvin Johnson |
| Area | |
• Total | 85 acres (34 ha) |
| Population | |
• Total | 140 |
| Demonym | Western Apache |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| Area code(s) | 928 |
The Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona or Tonto Apache (Western Apache: Dilzhę́’é, Dilzhe'e, and Dilzhe’eh Apache) is a federally recognized tribe of Western Apache people located in northwestern Gila County, Arizona. The term "Tonto" is also used for their dialect, one of the three dialects of the Western Apache language, a member of Southern Athabaskan language family. The Tonto Apache Reservation is the smallest land base reservation in the state of Arizona.