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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.
"An additional sub-designation under this classification are 'Federally Non-Recognized' tribes, which includes groups that have previously held federal recognition, either under governments prior to the U.S. Federal Government or as Nations that are no longer in existence and/or no longer meet the criteria as a Nation to have sovereignty status."
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas sent a letter of intent to file a petition for federal recognition on February 22, 2011. [30] It has thus far not filed a petition for federal recognition as a Native American tribe .
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 ...
Gaining recognition also is a way for Native American groups to assert their identity, their Indianness. [11] Tribes were originally recognized as legal parties through treaties, executive orders, or presidential proclamations. The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act played a major role in the development of the concept of federal recognition.
Some Lipan Apache people settled northwest of San Antonio during the mid-18th century. [42] Spanish colonists built forts and missions near Lipan settlements. [43] A mission on the San Sabá River was completed in 1757 but destroyed by the Comanche and the Wichita. [23] That same year, the Lipan Apache fought the Hasinais, [44] a band of Caddo ...
State recognition confers few benefits under federal law. It is not the same as federal recognition, which is the federal government's acknowledgment of a tribe as a dependent sovereign nation. Some states have provided laws related to state recognition that provide some protection of autonomy for tribes that are not recognized by the federal ...
The Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Louisiana. [2] The members of the Tribe are descendants of Choctaw and Lipan Apache people [3] [4] and are required to prove lineal descent as part of their state-approved membership process. [5]