Gathering Together, We Decide - 9780816555932

University of Arizona Press

Gathering Together, We DecideArchives of Dispossession, Resistance, and Memory in Nd Homelands\nAuthor(s): Margo Tamez, Cynthia Bejarano, Jeffrey P. Shepherd\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Arizona Press, United States\nImprint: University of Arizona Press\nISBN-13: 9780816555932, 978-0816555932\nSynopsis\nIn 2007, the Department of Homeland Security began condemnation proceedings on the property of Dr. Eloisa Tamez, a Lipan Apache (Nd) professor, veteran, and title holder to land in South Texas deeded to her ancestors under the colonial occupation and rule of King Charles III of Spain in 1761, during a time when Indigenous lands were largely taken and exploited by Spanish colonizers. Crown grants of lands to Indigenous peoples afforded them the opportunity to reclaim Indigenous title and control. The federal government wanted Tamezs land to build a portion of the border wall on the [url] border. She refused. In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security sued her, but she .