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- EIN 85-3887724
- 605-515-1078
- 2463 FM1296 Waelder TX 78959 USA
- https://www.texastribalbuffaloproject.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project is committed to healing the generational trauma of Lipan Apache descendants and other native nations bordering traditional Lipan Apache ranges. These ranges mimic the ancestral buffalo ranges of the southern plains. The state of Texas has prospered and grown to be an Agriculture and natural resource powerhouse in the nation. While this has happened through the generations the native descendants have had force relocation, suffered massacres, and been severely traumatized. We however are a proud and strong nation still, even displaced in our own homelands. Just as the buffalo have been displaced from their southern ranges. We aim to provide a pathway to heal our people, our relatives, including the buffalo.
Target demographics: the environment, the buffalo, the children, families, indigenous peoples of Texas,
Geographic areas served: Rural Texas
Programs: The TTBP is embarking on a project to restore the historical relationship and cultural identity implicit in the Lipan Apache-bison relationship, to restore bison as the primary source of proteins for Lipan Apache Texans and to make bison meat and other products accessible to all South Texans and perhaps other states. As part of the restorative process we will begin to offer the San Antonio and surrounding communities the soul recharging experience of being around our magnificent 4 legged indigenous relatives. We are developing a program to provide urban youth an opportunity to observe an example of restorative agriculture, and to learn the relationship between the land, animals and humans and the interdependent wellbeing of all.