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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."
Margo Tamez (born January 28, 1962, in Austin, Texas, United States) is a historian, poet, and activist from Texas. [1] She is a member of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas, an organization that does not have federal or state recognition.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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