The Fort Sill Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico. Photo © Fort Sill Apache Tribe.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe will go to the New Mexico Supreme Court next month to argue for a seat at the table in the state.

The tribe has a 30-acre reservation in the southern part of the state. But Gov. Susana Martinez (R) has refused to recognize the tribe's presence and hasn't included the tribe in official tribal-state meetings.

The tribe's ancestors lived in New Mexico before being taken as prisoners of war to Florida. They were then forced to live Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. Martinez, No. 34,464, will be heard at 9am on April 14, according to the court's calendar.

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