“Operation Powwow.”
An Apache Tribe
not recognized
by this
federal government?
not recognized
by this
federal government?
Not only that, this
tribe is in Texas.
Anyone in the state
of Texas care to ask your ancestors, if they believe in the Lipan Apache Tribe
of Texas?
The State of Texas
does remember, the government of this 'Free Country,' the United States of
America, does not!
This is what I fight
for.
The over 75% of the
First People on this land,
that this government
shuns, denies and has punished
for over
"Two Hundred
Years!
The first
explorations of the US mainland area by Europeans
were by Spaniards in the
early 16th Century.
Native Indian tribes
had lived in
North America for about 25,000 years.
The New England
Natives were the first to be
bullies,
murdered
and
removed by force
from their
land.
Pardon this
Statement!
For that matter
Texas Apache tribe
flies free:
Robert Soto July 7, 2016
After a decade-long
fight, the Feds admits
Native American religious freedom
applies to eagle feathers.
applies to eagle feathers.
AP PENNSYLVANIA
DAILY LIFE A USA PA
As our country
celebrated its birth of freedom this week, members of my tribe, the Lipan
Apache Tribe of Texas, celebrated, too.
We celebrated
because after 10 years of fighting the federal government, we have won our
religious freedom.
As a Lipan Apache, I
have been a feather dancer for almost 50 years.
I dance as my father
taught me and as my people have done for centuries. Our dancing is how we
worship God.
Yet in this great
nation founded on freedom, not everyone is free to worship.
Ten years ago the
federal government sent an undercover agent to raid my family’s powwow.
As my family and
friends drummed and danced, the agent intruded on the sacred circle of the
powwow and interrogated us.
He confiscated
nearly 50 of our sacred eagle feathers and threatened us with fines and prison.
He did this because my tribe, the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, is recognized by
historians, anthropologists, and the state of Texas, but not recognized by the federal
government and therefore did not have a “permit” for our worship.
The government
called this covert invasion
“Operation Powwow.”
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