Powwow to celebrate tribal identities
June 20, 2014
Navajo, Sioux and Osage are expected. Kiowa, Cherokee and Lipan Apache are coming. The United San Antonio Pow Wow, set for this weekend at San
Year: 2014
Native American Heritage Month events growing
June 20, 2014
Native American Heritage Month will be marked in San Antonio with myriad events — from powwows and policy discussions to musical tributes and memorial vigils.
Holding on to ancestors
June 20, 2014
The Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation is nothing if not patient.Its members are descendants of the indigenous people who populated South Texas and Northeast Mexico and
Crowds soak up outdoor temps at Folklife Festival
June 20, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Folklife Festival is many things: music, dance, food, crafts and cultural education.One thing the festival mostly is not is air-conditioned.Most
Census partners with American Indian group to encourage good count
June 20, 2014
Coahuiltecans leading effort to encourage participation in 2010 Census to prevent an undercount in Bexar County.It’s admittedly small in comparison to San Antonio’s other major
More than 40 will be represented at Texas Folklife Festival
June 20, 2014
A few years ago at the Texas Folklife Festival, a little girl asked American Indian Isaac Cardenas, “How do you live so long?” Cardenas wasn’t
Medina River showcased today
June 8, 2014
Few San Antonians have seen the 1,200 acres of archaeologically sensitive land on the city’s South Side now called the Land Heritage Institute.Today, however, the