Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation
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The Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as lineal descendants of the Coahuiltecan people. They have a nonprofit organization, the American Indians in Texas-Spanish Colonial Missions, based in San Antonio, Texas.[1]
Named after | Coahuiltecan peoples |
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Formation | 1994[1] |
Type | nonprofit organization[2] |
EIN 74-2717029[1] | |
Purpose | A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness,[1] A20 Artist, cultural, organizations–multipurpose |
Location | |
Official language | English |
Executive Director | Ramon Vasquez[2] |
Revenue (2017) | $557,641[1] |
Expenses (2017) | $498,839[1] |
Staff | 4[1] |
Website | tappilam |
The Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation is an unrecognized organization. Despite using the word nation in its name, the group is neither a federally recognized tribe[3] nor a state-recognized tribe.[4]
Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes"[5] and has no state-recognized tribes.[6] However, the state legislature passed a congratulatory resolution, that is an honorific and non-legally binding resolution, H.R. No. 787 honoring the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.[7] By the early 2000s, efforts were made by members of the Tap Pilam Nation to "compile new information about languages spoken by geographically defined Coahuiltecans", as there had thus far been little consensus regarding the legitimacy of the Coahuiltecan language and which languages would fall under this family.[8]
The Tap Pilam claims descent from the American Indians who converted to Roman Catholicism affiliated with and some buried at Alamo Mission in San Antonio.[9][10] The American Indian tribes originally affiliated with the Alamo were the Jarame, Pamaya, and Payaya.[10]