Professional Documents
Culture Documents
WHO:
• Eloisa Garcia Támez, (Lipan Apache), Professor, University of Texas-
Brownsville/TSC, Brownsville, TX
• Daniel Castro Romero, Jr., Chair, Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Inc.,
TX
• Enrique Madrid, Jumano-Apache Council, Redford, TX
• Roberto Lujan, Jumano-Apache Council Member, TX
• José Matus, (Yaqui), Director, Alianza Indígena Sin
Fronteras/Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, AZ
• Michael Paul Hill, (Chiricahua Apache/Nnee’), San Carlos Apache
Tribe, AZ
• Peter Schey, Founder, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law,
Los Angeles, CA
• Denise Gilman, Clinical Professor, Law, University of Texas—Austin,
UT Law Working Group Texas-Mexico Border Wall, TX
• Jeff Wilson, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, University of
Texas—Brownsville, UT Law Working Group Texas-Mexico Border
Wall, TX
• Andrea Carmen, Executive Director, International Indian Treaty
Council (IITC), AK
• Margo Tamez, Co-Founder, Lipan Apache Women Defense, WA
• Moderator: Arnoldo García, National Network for Immigrant and
Refugee Rights (NNIRR), CA
WHY: The Lipan Apache Women Defense will announce the delivery of its
letter of recommendations to President-Elect Barack Obama, which urges
him to halt the construction of the border wall, to stop the illegal seizures of
communities’ border properties and to uphold and respect the rights of
Indigenous people. The letter from this Texas-Mexico border community of
El Calaboz Ranchería (Texas) will be delivered to the Co-Chair of President-
Elect Obama’s Department of Interior Transition Team, Robert Anderson
(Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Bois Forte Band), Director of the Native
American Law Center at the University of Washington. The Lipan Apache
Women Defense’s letter, with dozens of signatories and endorsements by
close partners and allies, is requesting the administrative review of the
Department of Homeland Security’s unlawful utilization of Condemnation
Proceedings and the fast-tracking of the Declaration of Taking Act against
Indigenous peoples’ lands, which has devastating impacts on their
livelihoods, ecologically-based religions, traditional cultures and way of life.
The letter calls for, instead, a community-based partnership with the new
Obama-Biden Administration to transform the U.S.’s relationship with
Indigenous peoples.
Contact/Contacte:
• Margo Támez, Lipan Apache Women Defense,(509) 595-9666,
sumalhepa.nde.defense@gmail.com
• Arnoldo García, NNIRR, (510) 465-1984 ext. 305;
agarcia@nnirr.org
VERSION EN ESPAÑOL
QUIEN:
• Eloisa García Tamez, (Lipan Apache), profesora de la Universidad
de Texas-Brownsville/TSC, Brownsville, TX
• Daniel Castro Romero, Jr, Presidente, Banda Apache Lipan de
Texas, Inc, TX
• Enrique Madrid, Concilio Jumano-Apache, Redford, TX
• José Matus, (Yaqui), Director, Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras /
Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras, AZ
• Michael Paul Hill, (Chiricahua Apache / NNÉE '),tribu San Carlos
Apache, AZ
• Peter Schey, fundador del Centro para los Derechos Humanos y
Derecho Constitucional, Los Angeles, CA
• Denise Gilman, Profesora de Derechos, la Universidad de Texas-
Austin, UT Ley Grupo de Trabajo de Texas-México Frontera Wall,
TX
• Jeff Wilson, Profesor Asistente, Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad
de Texas-Brownsville, UT Ley Grupo de Trabajo de Texas-Mexico
Frontera Wall, TX
• Andrea Carmen, Directora Ejecutiva, Consejo Internacional de
Tratados Indios (IITC), AK
• Margo Tamez, Co-Fundador, la Defensa de la Apache Lipan Mujer,
WA
• Moderador: Arnoldo García, Red Nacional Pro Derechos
Inmigrantes y Refugiados (NNIRR), Oakland, CA