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The Lipan Apache Band of Texas is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of Lipan Apache people [1] [better source needed] The organization LABT is based in Edinburg, Texas; [1] with members living in Texas, Louisiana, California, and Mexico. [4] The Lipan Apache Band of Texas is an unrecognized organization.
Lipan Apache Nation of Texas, [173] San Antonio, TX. Also known as the Kuné Tsa Nde Band of the Lipan Apache Nation of Texas; Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, McAllen, TX. [173] [178] Also known as Lipan Apache Tribe. Texas Senate Bill 27, introduced in January 2021, to formally recognize this group died in committee. [179]
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas hosts two annual powwows in Alton, Texas. [44] A member of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, Gonzo Flores, served as Southern Plains Vice-President of the National Congress of American Indians in 2022. [45] He was succeeded by Reggie Wassana (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes). [46]
The Texas state legislature often issues congratulatory resolutions that "commend" organizations, such one honoring the Mount Tabor Indian Community in 2017, "for its contributions to [the] state" [81] and the Lipan Apache in 2019; [82] however, this is not the same as formal recognition of a tribe by a state. Texas Senate Bill 231 to formally ...
Federal recognition is a slow, laborious process that can span decades, if it materializes at all. Consequently, this deprives more than 200 unrecognized tribal nations, including those which only have state recognition and terminated recognition , and a minority of non-Indian practitioners, of any legal avenue by which to obtain eagle feathers ...
This category is for the 574 Native American tribes formally recognized by the United States federal government. These are headquartered in Alaska and the contiguous 48 states . These American Indian and Alaska Native governments are eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs .
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The Lipan Apache Band of Texas was honored by the Texas state legislator in 2011 through House Resolution 540. [87] In December 2024, the Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb and the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas were registered members of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) as state-recognized tribe tribes.