7-27-2021
Last week, Deceleration caught up with Karla Aguilar, development director of American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions, about a number of pressing issues. High on this list is the struggle over the redevelopment of the Alamo complex and possible state recognition for the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation. Aguilar is an immigrant from El Salvador, a long-time ceremonial dancer, and adopted member into the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation, which formed AIT “for the preservation and protection of the culture and traditions of the Native American tribes and other indigenous people who resided in the Spanish colonial missions.”