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Lost Kickapoo tribe seeks land and recognition in Eagle Pass
In Eagle Pass Texas the Traditional Kickapoo wander between the United States and Mexico amid poverty on a 17 000 acre land grant in Mexico. They face stalled federal recognition and struggle for basic needs while seeking a home near the golf course. Community leaders and the Native American Rights Fund push for official status and aid.
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Tad Bartimus
Associated Press
Eagle Pass, Texas
Rio Grande
Fairway
America
United States
Mexico
Congress
U.S. Army
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eagle Pass
Nacimiento
Marguerita Salazar
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nakai Breen
Great Lakes
Walt Broemer
Texas Indian Commission
Juarez
Grover Cleveland
BIA
Texas Legislature
Native American Rights Fund
Herbert A. Vinson
INS
Arch March
Washington
Kurt Blue Dog
Blue Dog
Boulder
Kickapoo
Breen
U.S. Senate Select Committee On Indian Affairs
Kickapoos
John Shapard
Frank Cavarria Jr