Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb

The Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Louisiana.[2] The organization identifies as descending from Choctaw people and Lipan Apache people.[3] They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.[2]

Choctaw-Apache
Community of Ebarb[1]
Named afterChoctaw people, Apache people, Ebarb, Louisiana
Typestate-recognized tribe, nonprofit organization
EIN 72-0875349[1]
Legal statusschool, charity[1]
PurposeB82: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services[1]
Location
Membership (2015)
3,000
Chairman
Thomas Rivers[1]
Revenue (2018)
$10,211[1]
Expenses (2018)$14,001[1]
Fundinggrants, contributions[1]
Staff (2018)
3[1]
Websitechoctawapachetribeebarb.org

They also call themselves Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb.

Membership

Their membership was estimated as being 3,000 in 2015.[4]

State-recognition

The Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb received recognition as a tribe by the state of Louisiana in 1978 by legislative action (also reported as 1977).[4]

Organization

The group formed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1977, with the mission to "To assist tribe members and obtain federal recognition. Continued to work on member documentation needed for federal recognition."[1]

Letter of intent to petition for federal recognition

In 1978, John W. Procell wrote the Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb's letter of intent to petition for federal recognition to the US Department of the Interior;[5] however, the organization has not yet submitted a completed petition for federal recognition.[6]

Activities

The Choctaw-Apache host an annual powwow in mid-April in Noble, Louisiana.[7]

Further reading
  • Abernathy, Francis (1976). "The Spanish on the Moral". The Bicentennial Commemorative History of Nacogdoches. Nacogdoches: Nacogdoches Jaycees. pp. 21–33.
  • Lipski, John M. (1987). "El dialecto español de Río Sabinas: vestigios del español mexicano en Luisiana y Texas". Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (in Spanish). 35 (1): 111–28. doi:10.24201/nrfh.v35i1.624. JSTOR 40298730.
  • Lipski, John M. (2008). Varieties of Spanish in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781589012134.

Notes
  1. "Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb". Cause IQ. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. Lee, Dayna Bowker. "Louisiana Indians In The 21st Century". Folklife in Louisiana: Louisiana's Living Traditions. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  4. Welborn, Vickie (15 December 2008). "Choctaw-Apache Tribe Growing". OurTown. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. "List of Petitions by States (as of November 12, 2013)" (PDF). US Department of the Interior. p. 24. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. "Office of Federal Acknowledgment". U.S. Department of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. "Choctaw Apache Tribe of EBARB, 28th Annual Pow Wow". Powwows.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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