Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas
| Named after | Lipan Apache people, State of Texas |
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| Formation | Incorporated in 2007 |
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| US Texas TIN 13311748407 EIN 33-1174840 | |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose | To promote and preserve the cultural, social, educational, spiritual, linguistic, economic, health, and traditional needs |
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Official language | English |
| Website | lipanapache |
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Texas. Members of the tribe descend from the Lipan Apache, a Southern Athabaskan Indigenous people. The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is headquartered in McAllen, Texas.
The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas incorporated as a non-profit in 2007. In a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) initiated by a Lipan tribe member, a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit resulted in a settlement with the DOI, which granted over 400 Native American plaintiffs access to eagle feathers. The City of Presidio, Texas, and County of Presidio Texas transferred a historic Lipan Apache cemetery back to the Tribe. The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas attend the yearly Apache Alliance summit meetings.
They are not a federally recognized American Indian tribe. State-recognition status can take different forms, including by state law and by legislation.: 137 The Texas government has not developed a process of recognition.: 103 The Tribe has been recognized by legislation, which does not carry the force of law.