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Several people were still unaccounted for, according to the governor, who had declared a state of emergency in Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation because of the fires.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

New Mexico last summer partnered with the Navajo Nation, Nambé Pueblo and the Mescalero Apache Nation to expand pre-K programs.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Five of the 18 suspects facing federal charges were members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2015

We entered Mescalero Canyon, where the shadows of circling turkey vultures moved across high rock walls and the descending, melancholy song of the canyon wren echoed overhead.

From Washington Post

Peso’s a Mescalero Indian, you know, chief of police at the agency.”

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove