Bill Text: TX SCR61 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas for its contributions to this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Signed by the Governor [SCR61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR61-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas for its contributions to this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Signed by the Governor [SCR61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR61-Introduced.html
86R17923 KSM-D | ||
By: West | S.C.R. No. 61 |
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WHEREAS, The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is the present-day | ||
incarnation of a proud people who have lived in Texas and northern | ||
Mexico for more than 300 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Lipan Apaches have entered into treaties, | ||
alliances, and pledges of friendship with the governments of Spain, | ||
Mexico, the German Confederation, and the United States; President | ||
Sam Houston and the Republic of Texas formally acknowledged a | ||
friendship with the Lipan Apaches through the Treaty of Live Oak | ||
Point in 1838; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the Lipan Apache Tribe is represented by a | ||
tribal government with a constitution and bylaws, and the tribe is a | ||
voting member of the National Congress of American Indians; the | ||
eagle remains sacred to the tribe, and the U.S. Department of the | ||
Interior has acknowledged the religious and legal rights of more | ||
than 200 tribal members to use eagle feathers in their ceremonial | ||
practices; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lipan Apaches have faithfully served in the armed | ||
forces of the United States during World War I, World War II, the | ||
Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, | ||
as well as in other deployments; moreover, tribe member Frank Leota | ||
of San Antonio has risen to the prestigious post of command sergeant | ||
major for the U.S. Army Pacific Command; in addition, members of the | ||
Lipan Apache tribe have served as police officers, ministers, | ||
nurses, and schoolteachers, as well as in many other important | ||
occupations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with a rich heritage, the Lipan Apaches have | ||
maintained a strong sense of identity and community, and they | ||
continue to make a valuable contribution to the culture of the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas and commend it on | ||
its many valuable contributions to this state; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the tribe as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives and Senate. |