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Texas Senate Bill 274 to formally recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, introduced in January 2021, died in committee, [13] as did Texas Senate Bill 231 introduced in November 2022. [14] Texas Senate Bill 1479, introduced in March 2023, and Texas House Bill 2005, introduced in February 2023, both to state-recognize the Tap Pilam ...
Miakan-Garza Band, [180] also Mier Band of the Garza Tribe, in San Marcos, Texas; created the Indigenous Cultures Institute in 2006. [181] Mount Tabor Indian Community. [182] Also known as Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands-Mount Tabor Indian Community. Nato Indian Nation (Native American Tribal Organization), Grand Prairie, TX, [183] also in Utah
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas incorporated as a non-profit in 2007. [11] In a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) initiated by a Lipan tribe member, a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit resulted in a settlement with the DOI, which granted over 400 Native American plaintiffs access to eagle feathers. [12]
Nov. 23 marked the 31st anniversary of Austin's American Indian Heritage Festival. Previously held at the Toney Burger Center, the annual event now takes place at the Travis County Expo Center.
La Junta Indians is a collective name for the various Indians living in the area known as La Junta de los Rios ("the confluence of the rivers": the Rio Grande and the Conchos River) on the borders of present-day West Texas and Mexico. In 1535 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca recorded visiting these peoples while making his way to a Spanish settlement ...
This former American Indian boarding school became a place for Native Americans from many tribes to come together. [5] To support her work, Devine earned her MBA from Arizona State University in 1999. [1] [6] She attended the school while running the Native American Connections. [6] Devine retired in 2023. [7]
In 1965, Arthur Grutzmacher, a local collector and dealer, willed the vast collection of Native American items, known as the Grutzmacher Collection.Since 1970, a little more than half of those ...
After the Civil War, Texas being a Confederate state, Union forces occupied Texas, and in 1867 as many as 135 Tonkawa were escorted back north from Austin to Jacksboro, Texas by the Indian agent for the United States. [23] [24] [25] That same year the Tonkawa were then resettled on a reservation near Fort Griffin in Shackelford County. [26]