Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona

This article is about a federally recognized tribe. For the Western Apache band, see Tonto Apache.
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona
Dilzhę́’é (Western Apache)
Indian reservation
Location of Tonto Apache Reservation
Federally recognizedOctober 6, 1972 (1972-10-06)
VillagePayson, Arizona
Government
 • ChairmanCalvin Johnson
Area
 • Total
85 acres (34 ha)
Population
 • Total
145
DemonymWestern Apache
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
Area code(s)928
Websitemazatzalcasino.com/about

The Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona is a federally recognized tribe of Tonto Apache, a band of Western Apache. The tribe governs the Tonto Apache Reservation located in northwestern Gila County, Arizona.

They speak the Tonto Apache dialect of the Western Apache language, a member of Southern Athabaskan language family. Other Tonto Apache are enrolled in the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, and other Western Apache are enrolled in the San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation.

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