Coahuiltecan Elders Return to the Frio Canyon
Sometimes,?the winter sun can take your breath away. That was especially true in January as I stood with several Native Americans who were visiting the?H. E. Butt Foundation Camp?for the first time. Our first stop was the top of Antenna, the tall tower overlooking Echo Valley that powers our Canyon radios and serves as a mountaintop amphitheater for groups to gather and worship.
“I know why this land was sacred to so many people,” said Rudy De La Cruz. He is the director of the?Texas Heritage Project?for the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM) and a descendent of the Coahuiltecans (kow·aa·weel·tuh·KAN), though he doesn’t know which tribe. Rudy’s grandfather was a foundling, dropped off in 1915 at an orphanage run by Father De La Cruz, “so that became our last name.”
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1 年Great piece, Marcus! Really love the timeline as well. So helpful.
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1 年Its no surprise this place has always been a place to come together.