Wendell Chino (25 December 1923 – 4 November 1998
) was a leader of the
Mescalero
Mescalero or Mescalero Apache ( apm, Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans. The tribe is federally recognized as the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, located in south-cen ...
Apache
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
nation.
Wendell Chino was born in
Mescalero, New Mexico
Mescalero ( apm, Mashgal) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, located on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. The population was 1,338 at the 2010 census.
History
The settlement was originally call ...
, on 25 December 1923.
Chino, fiercely proud and independent, helped the
Apache
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
in southcentral New Mexico increase their standard of living, developing several tribal business such as Ski Apache, the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Casino Apache, and several other businesses that benefitted his tribe.
Chino also served as chair of the National Congress of American Indians from the 1950s well into the 1990s.
References
External links
notablebiographies.com biographySki ApacheInn of the Mountain Gods
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1923 births
1998 deaths
Presidents of the Mescalero Apache
Native American leaders
Native American activists
Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America
People from Otero County, New Mexico
20th-century Native Americans