Return to Kíłááhíí
An elder is restored to the Lipan Apache people more than 750 years after her death.
Indigenous Affairs
The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
Labeled ‘Hispanic’
Fort Clark was founded to hunt the Indigenous peoples of South Texas. Lipan Apaches are challenging the myth that their tribe was wiped out.
A Group Claiming To Be Cherokee Faces Questions About Authenticity
The Mount Tabor Indian Community and a statue they helped erect are examples of serious failures by officials to vet claims to Indigenous nation status, federally recognized tribal leaders say.
Inside the Studio at KNON, Dallas’ Indigenous Radio Station
Two hours of escape and connection
Grieving in Orange
Indigenous people came together in Plano to remember those lost and those that survived Indian boarding schools.
Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Atakapa Ishak
The Ishak built mounds tall enough to escape floods and hurricanes in southeast Texas.
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Texas Draws Criticism With Plan to Lure Tourists to Sites Where Indigenous People Were Banished
Nations once exterminated or displaced are now being asked to help bring in tourism dollars.
Bloodlines
Emily Grace Spydell died in adoptive care. Her biological family says the Indian Child Welfare Act could have saved her—but her tribe’s legal code prevented it.
Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (kirikir?i:s)
The Wichita built towns along Red and Brazos River in North Texas. Those sites remain important to the tribe to this day.