Veronica Flores-Paniagua: Coahuiltecan descendants reflect on their past but look ahead to possibility of making San Antonio a hub for ‘urban’ Indians. Ramon Vasquez points
SAN ANTONIO — Calvin Osife has been dancing at powwows his entire life, starting when he was a child and lived on the Navajo Nation
Ramon Vasquez, executive director of the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions, likes to tell the story of the mother and son
The remains of about 15 people, many children, who were buried at Mission San Juan Capistrano in the Spanish colonial era and unearthed during renovations
Calvin Osife, 41, (left), and Isaac Cardenas, 57, colorful like different bands of a rainbow, perform a blessing ritual dance during the fourth annual Four
15 people, presumably American Indians from the Spanish colonial period, were uncovered at Mission San Juan during renovation work at the South Side landmark this
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
Native American Heritage Month will be marked in San Antonio with myriad events — from powwows and policy discussions to musical tributes and memorial vigils.
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
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
