2005S0951-1  04/18/05


By:  Shapleigh                                                  S.C.R. No. 34 



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Throughout the years, the Lipan Apache Band of Texas 
has played an integral role in Texas' development, and the Native 
American tribes who were the first Texans have greatly enriched our 
shared heritage with their culture; and
	WHEREAS, The Spanish Colonial Empire built three missions for 
the Lipan Apache Band of Texas:  the Santa Cruz de San Saba Mission 
in 1757, near present-day Menard, the San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz 
Mission, and the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Mission in 1762, 
near present-day Camp Wood; and
	WHEREAS, On August 18, 1754, the Lipan Apache bands, the 
Tough People of the Desert, the Big Water People, the People of the 
High Grass, the Rock Tied to Head People, the Many Necklaces People, 
and the People of the Lava Beds, all congregated at Mission San Saba 
in Menard for the yearly Great Buffalo Feast; and
	WHEREAS, Over the years, the Lipan Apache Band of Texas 
signed various treaties of peace and cooperation, including the San 
Antonio Mission Valero de Bexar Treaty among Lipan Apaches and the 
Comanches on August 19, 1749; this was followed by the Lipan Apache 
Peace Treaty with Mexico on August 17, 1822, the Republic of Texas 
and the Lipan Apache Indians Treaty on January 8, 1838, the 
Tehuacana Creek Treaty on October 9, 1844, and the San Saba Treaty 
on October 28, 1851; and
	WHEREAS, In the 1750s and 1760s, the Lipan Apache Many 
Necklaces People were relocated to the Choctaw Apache Tribe of 
Louisiana; between the 1830s and 1870s, the Lipan Apache Big Water 
People and People of the High Grass congregated in the Texas coastal 
region; and
	WHEREAS, From the 1870s until 1915, the Tough People of the 
Desert, the Big Water People, and the People of the Lava Beds were 
relocated to the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico and the Kiowa 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; in 1873, Colonel Ronald Mackenzie and 400 
troops forced the relocation of some of the Lipan Apaches to the 
Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico; also in 1873, Lipan Apache 
Chief Castro of the People of the High Grass and his band relocated 
to the Texas Coastal Bend area and the Rio Grande Valley; and
	WHEREAS, Descendants of the tribe celebrate time-honored 
occasions such as the Lipan Apache Peyote Ceremony and the Lipan 
Apache Buffalo Feast and also use ceremonial music and dress as ways 
of upholding tribal customs; in addition, the descendants of the 
tribe continue their efforts to gain more knowledge about their 
ancestry; and
	WHEREAS, The State of Texas acknowledges the contributions 
made by the Lipan Apache Band of Texas to our state and nation under 
the governments of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the 
United States of America; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to 
recognize the Lipan Apache Band of Texas as a federally 
acknowledged Indian tribe; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the 
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the 
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this 
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a 
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.


Memorializing Congress to recognize the Lipan Apache Band of Texas 
as a federally acknowledged Indian tribe.