Veteran News 4 San Antonio (WOAI-TV) anchor Randy Beamer with the conversations you want to hear.
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I F**KING LOVE SAN ANTONIO is a premier podcast featuring San Antonio's melting pot of people, art, and politics. This podcast features and promotes an open and uncensored source of communication by providing you with exclusive access to a side of San Antonio news that has never been seen before.
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Explore the history of early Texas as you’ve never heard it before. The most recent season ("Lipan Apocalypse") unveils the legacy of the Lipan Apaches on modern Texas. Season 6 recounts the outsized impact of José Francisco Ruíz on the state's history. Season 5 traces the roots of Texans' unique psychology - their "Texanity" - to the technological innovations that shaped its people. Season 4 relates the largely unknown story of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Season 3 tells the remarkable t ...
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"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
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Art exhibit celebrates the cultural ties between San Antonio and the Mexican city of Querétaro
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The international exhibition, "Al Otro Lado del Espejo / The Other Side of the Mirror," features nearly two dozen artists to highlight the centuries-long relationship between the two cities.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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SAMA retrospective showcases over 4 decades of work by Chicana artist Amalia Mesa-Bains
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Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory at the San Antonio Museum of Art incorporates room-sized art installations with hundred of found items.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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UTSA Spanish Heritage program inspires students to embrace their language and identity
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The acadmic course aims to help students who have been exposed to Spanish develop their unique linguistic culture and practices.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘Tacos of Texas’ podcast dishes its fourth season exploring taco culture and beyond
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In the latest season of the podcast, Taco journalist Mando Rayo explores the personal journeys of chefs and taqueros from across the state who are connecting to their roots.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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This is the audio from my October 2024 SA PechaKucha talk, which you can find on YouTube as well. As a summary of my thoughts after thinking deeply about San Antonio and early Texas history for the last decade, I'm pretty happy with it. But I'll admit that it's a little incomplete. BTW, the punchline (which you can't see in the audio version) is th…
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Eagle Pass art exhibition highlights the beauty of the border, fights against stereotypical narratives
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"The Border is Beautiful" exhibition takes the works of nearly 50 artists to showcase their own unique perspectives of what it's like having ties to binational and bicultural communities.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘From GED to PhD’ — Hispanas Unidas celebrates the 40th anniversary of a conference by, for, and about Latinas
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The conference was created in 1984 by Latinas determined to make a difference in the community. The 40th anniversary of that first conference takes place next weekend in San Antonio.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: ‘Acts of Kindness' play honors the voices of the El Paso community on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting
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The play grew out of the aftermath of the racist massacre at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. Plawright Gregory Ramos describes how he used interviews with community members to touch on gun control and immigration.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: ‘Su voto es su voz’ — SVREP celebrates 50 years of Latino voter registration and political empowerment
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Lydia Camarillo, the current president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, discusses how the organization has worked to give electoral power to Latino voters for the last 5 decades.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Lettuce fields, border crossings, and calaveras— exploring Xicanx identity through art and activism
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Fronteras takes a tour of the artworks on display as part of the new "Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers | Soñadores + creadores del cambio" exhibit at San Antonio's Contemporary at Blue Star.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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What's the status of Mexican American Studies in schools? New report reveals MAS enriches lives, but faces challenges
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Three student researchers spoke to other local students, teachers, and administrators about the role MAS plays in the community. They talk about their findings and what people can take away from the report.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Biographer brings the history of Mexican American civil rights trailblazer, Alfonso Perales, out of the shadows
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Perales was a key figure in the founding of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in 1929.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘Victims of Sin,’ a treasure of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, showcases music, strong female protagonist
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The 1951 film — a blend of noir, melodrama, and musical — was recently reissued by the acclaimed Criterion Collection. It will be screened as part of TPR Cinema Tuesday.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Nathan Cone, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: ‘The real birth certificate of San Antonio’ — Archaeologist uses mission records to explore the early days of San Antonio
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Jorge Luis García Ruiz translated the baptismal, marriage, and burial records of the Mission San Antonio de Valero — now known as the Alamo — and published them in three volumes. He discusses the history of the mission and what can be gained from the records.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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SEASON 5- EPISODE 2 ISA PAILLAO (CHAVELA)
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In this episode, we have an awesome sit down interview with Isa Paillao from Chavela at Roadmap Brewing. The mind blowing sound of Isa and Chavela's music is one of importance for what's to come from music in San Antonio. She is determined, passionate, strongwilled, self-reliant, hilarious, creative, talented, and so much more. This episode is an i…
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‘It’s part of the DNA of Texas’ — A deep dive into Asian American influence on South Texas cuisine
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Three San Antonio chefs and a local historian came together to explore and highlight Asian American cuisine as part of a Great SA panel discussion in May, hosted by Texas Public Radio.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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CineFestival enters its 45th year of highlighting the Latino experience on the big screen
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A preview of CineFestival, the original and longest running Latino film festival in the U.S., taking place July 11-14 in San Antonio.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘These stories are part of our collective identity’ — Socorro’s Rio Vista Farm is a time capsule to bracero history
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Almost 900,000 workers passed through Rio Vista as part of the Bracero Program. Fronteras talks to two individuals who have fought to keep this important chapter of history from being forgotten.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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How Mexican American fastpitch softball xxx San Antonio and beyond
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The sport of fastpitch softball has brought Mexican American communities from across the U.S. together since the 1930s. Author Ben Chappell and Ruben Rios Jr., a local member of the San Antonio Glowworm Athletic Club, speak about the game's impact and legacy.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: 'La Flaca Calaca' — Daughter uses one-woman show to honor her mother and heal intergenerational trauma
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San Antonio educator and writer Georgette María Messa explores the story of her mother's trauma growing up on the El Paso-Juarez border. Messa talks about the production and her own journey to understanding and healing.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘My instrument is the orchestra’ — Colombian-born conductor discusses her career path to the podium
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Lina González-Granados — the first Latina resident conductor of the LA Opera — is making waves in the Americas and Europe. She discusses her career climb and how she hopes to expand the standard orchestral repertoire.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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The Battlefield(s) of Medina?
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We found another site. But so did someone else. And there's a rumored fourth site out there as well now? What in the name of Miguel Menchaca's ghost is going on? www.BrandonSeale.comKirjoittanut Brandon Seale
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‘We don’t have to watch DACA go away’ — United We Dream helps young undocumented immigrants navigate a complex system
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The immigrant youth-led United We Dream fights for the dignity and fair treatment of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including DACA recipients. Two members of the organization talk about their own journeys in their immigration status.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: From Latino caddies to champs: The story of the 1957 San Felipe High School golf team
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San Antonio attorney and writer Humberto Garcia chronicled the true story of the Mexican American golf team in his 2012 book, "Mustang Miracle." Humberto talks the players, his book, and the journey to the new film adaptation.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘We are resilient people’ — Border Narratives Project aims to shift the perspective on binational communities
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The initative allows creatives across the country to fight back against negative border narratives by writing their own. Three of the initative's newest cohort grantees talk about how their projects more accurately depict border life, culture, and home.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: ‘We need to know who we are’— MACRI enters 5th year in highlighting Mexican American civil rights
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San Antonio's Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) works to advance forgotten chapters of Mexican American civil rights in Texas and beyond. It will host a free symposium May 17 & 18 at the Central Library downtown.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Taco-Poet Eddie Vega talks inspirations, belonging, and new title as San Antonio Poet Laureate
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Holy Cross of San Antonio educator Eddie Vega was selected to serve as the city's seventh poet laureate. He began his three-year term in April and will hold the position until 2027.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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SEASON 5- EPISODE 1 AARON PENA (AMOR ETERNO, A PERFECT DAY, GIMME GIMME) W/ AS SEEN IN SA
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Welcome to a new season of IFLSA Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Mike W from As Seen In SA @as_seen_in_sa and @as_seen_in_ese to talk about his fiesta experience. We then head to Gimme Gimme for an amazing, history in the making chat w/ the man, the myth, the legend, Aaron Pena @elgallonegro13, about what makes San Antonio, San Antonio. Musi…
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New book series preserves indigenous foods and traditions of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico
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"Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico" will highlight the food traditional, techniques, and histories that have been passed down by Mexican and Indeginous peoples from generation to generation.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: 'Our own government was working against them' — Declassifying FBI files on the Latino civil rights movement
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The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘We were not communists’ — A dive into FBI surveillance of Cesar Chávez and the United Farm Workers movement
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The United Farm Workers of America became a target of FBI surveillance during the communist scare of the 1960s and '70s. Arturo Rodriguez spent over 50 years with the UFW. He talks about working alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chávez and about government surveillance of their movement.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘Singing from a deeper place’ — Singer Lisa Morales talks life, inspirations ahead of TPR concert
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Musician Lisa Morales has released six albums as part of the duo Sisters Morales and three as a solo artist. She discusses her introduction to music growing up in Tucson, Arizona, the death of her sister Roberta in 2021, and more about her influences ahead of her April 13th Creekside Sessions Concert at TPR.…
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Fronteras: ‘Thirty Talks Weird Love’ fuses time travel with poetry in a love letter to Juárez, femicide victims, and the author’s younger self
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Thirty Talks Weird Love confronts mental health issues, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the ongoing violence against women in Cuidad Juárez. Author Alessandra Narváez Varela discusses her inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘Agua es vida’ — Todos Agua festival celebrates the significance of water through poetry, art and music
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Todos Agua is a three-day celebration at San Antonio's Esperanza Peace & Justice Center that honors the community's spiritual and cultural connections to water. Three of its featured artists include poet Carmen Tafolla, musician Azul Barrientos, and activist María Berriozábal.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘There aren’t simple answers’ — Examining the cause of ongoing violence in the Mexican border city of Juárez
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Howard Campbell spent over three decades in Cuidad Juárez speaking to victims and perpetrators of ongoing violence in the city. He includes their stories and an analysis of the violence in the book, "Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence & Abuse."Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: ‘Downtown Juárez’ argues against one-dimensional view of violence, abuse and exploitation in the Mexican border city
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Cuidad Juárez — a sister city to El Paso, Texas — had once been dubbed the "murder capital of the world." Anthropologist Howard Campbell breaks down the complex causes of the violence in the book "Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence & Abuse."Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: Local activists, historians, and writers say San Antonio’s historic West Side goes far beyond its outlaw history
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The Jan. 24 panel discussion used the reissue of the book "West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio" as a launching point for a broader conversation about the importance — and misconceptions — of San Antonio's historic West Side.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: A different perspective to tales of murder, mayhem and vice on San Antonio’s historic West Side
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Texas Public Radio and Trinity University Press hosted a book club discussion on the reissue of "West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio." Local activists, historians, and writers used the book as a launching point to a broader conversation about the significance of San Antonio's West Side.…
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Fronteras: ‘Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness’ blends art, music, and spoken word to explore the complexities of existence
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The massive multidisciplinary project stemmed from a large-scale painting of the same name by New Mexico-based artist, James Drake. The performance features themes of conflict, suffering, and healing.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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Fronteras: Migration Policy Institute says Biden’s presidency mired by border crisis narratives despite 535 immigration actions
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A recent analysis from the MPI examines Biden's presidency at its three-year mark. Two of its co-writers discuss how despite accusations of inaction at the border, legal immigration numbers have gone back to Pre-Trump and pre-COVID normal.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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‘Segundo de Febrero’ exhibit embraces duality of Chicano culture and life
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San Antonio's Centro Cultural Aztlan presents the 47th annual "Segundo de Febrero" exhibit to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This year's exhibition, "Seguimos" or "we go on," explores themes of migration, adaptation, and the duality of the Mexican American identity.…
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Local San Antonio students gain new perspective on U.S.-Mexico relations through Mexico City trip
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Seventeen students and 10 teachers under the CAST Schools network in San Antonio visited Mexico City last month as part of a diplomacy program that aims to strengthen the cultural and diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico. Some of those students joined Fronteras to talk about their experiences.…
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Drug wars, militarization of Mexico and the border, and the future of the Mexican presidency
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The drug war in Mexico has claimed thousands of lives in the country over the span of three presidents. Alexander Aviña — an expert on immigration and state violence in Mexico — discusses the drug war, the 2024 Mexican presidency, and the ongoing militarization of both Mexico and the Texas-Mexico border.…
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‘It’s a binational issue’ — The myths and realities of drug smuggling on the U.S.-Mexico border
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Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, discusses the historical precedent of drug violence in Mexico, the United State's role, and possible solutions moving forward.Kirjoittanut Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro
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No Native Texan captured Anglo-Texians’ hearts like Lipan Captain Flacco the Younger. His exploits as a Texas Ranger and his people’s defense of Texas’ borders against Mexico make him the darling of Texas newspapers. Texas newspapers fail to distinguish, however, between hostile native Texans and Lipanes living in their midst. And Lipan wealth beco…
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The United States dispenses with the pretense of Native American sovereignty and adopts a policy of forced assimilation. Mexico waxes poetic about the “cosmic race” while sending airplanes to track down "Apaches broncos” living free in the mountains. The Lipan Apaches avoid the reservation by dispersing and using the reservation system to project t…
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Pressed on all sides by European and native rivals, the Lipanes never should have survived into the nineteenth century. Yet not only had they survived, they had done so with their numbers and their range undiminished. They were wealthier than ever, and more powerful too, and would play a vital role in driving the Spanish out of Texas for good. www.…
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Grass Will Not Grow on the Path between Us
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The Lipan Apaches become proxies for a Texian guerilla war against northern Mexico, until Texian policies cut them off from their lands and their livelihoods. Ever adaptable, the Lipanes flip the script, relocating to their old haunts in Mexico and raiding Texas property. The Texas-Mexico border itself – and the freedom it offers – becomes an artif…
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All pretense of accommodation with Native Americans disappears in the 1870’s. Lipanes are pursued equally and openly by American and Mexican forces on both sides of the border. One-by-one, they see their old native rivals picked off and carted off to reservations. But the Lipan Apaches refuse to play the doomed savage. After a brutal massacre by US…
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Contrary to popular usage, an “Apocalypse” isn't an ending. In Greek it means an “unveiling," an "uncovering," a “revelation.” But what have we really revealed about the most powerful, most unconquerable, most exceptional people in Texas history? www.BrandonSeale.comKirjoittanut Brandon Seale
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