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Posted - May 17 2009 : 8:33:07 PM
I think it was William Faulkner who said that "the past isn't over, it isn't even past," or something to that effect. Here's a story that shows he sure knew what he was talking about:
Following a battle in 1877 against the Lipan Apache Band, U.S. Army soldiers took with them a child of the Band named (or later known as) Jack Mather. His people never knew what became of him, but never forgot him, referring to him as a "lost one." What happened was that he was sent to the Carlisle Indian School, where he died and was buried. (I must have driven past his grave hundreds of times, but never noticed that particular headstone.)
A college professor doing research on the Indian School discovered Jack's story and contacted his people, with the result that two members of the Band, a husband and wife, drove from San Antonio to Carlisle and this weekend performed a prayer ceremony for Jack. Now he's no longer lost. Here's an article with color photo:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/lost_one_buried_in_carlisle_in.html
I have heard of a few Apache tribes (Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Mescalero), but never the Lipan. I did a quick Google search and learned that they lived east of the Pecos River and were recently recognized as a tribe by the state of Texas. They have a really nice website:
http://www.lipanapachetribe.com/Communitypages.html
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