Named after | Comecrudo people, also called Carrizo, state of Texas |
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Formation | 1999 [1] |
Type | nonprofit organization [2] |
EIN 75-2830923 [2] | |
Purpose | Human services [2] |
Location | |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Juan Benito Mancias [1] |
Revenue | $397,458 [2] |
Expenses | $271,121 [2] |
Website | carrizocomecrudonation |
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc., is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Comecrudo people. Also known as the Carrizo people, the Comecrudo were a historic Coahuiltecan tribe who lived in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the 17th to 19th centuries. [3]
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc. is an unrecognized organization. Despite the word nation in its name, it is not a federally recognized tribe, [4] nor a state-recognized tribe, [5] nor recognized by any other Tribal Nation.
In 1999, the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Floresville, Texas. [1] Their subject area is human services. [2] They underwent tax forfeiture in 2005 and 2015. [1]
Juan Benito Macias is the organization's registered agent and chairman. [1]
The Tribal Council of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, based in Lubbock, Texas, sent a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition in 1998. [6] The council has not proceeded further in submitting a completed petition for federal recognition. [7]
The organization joined Earthjustice in filing a lawsuit to stop construction of a U.S.–Mexican border wall that would have destroyed two cemeteries that are more than 150 years old. [8]
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