American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions works for the preservation and protection of the culture and traditions of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation and Indigenous peoples of South Texas — and everything we do begins there.
We are protectors of the medicine our ancestors left in our care: the stories, the languages, the land, the healing, the cultures, and the community bonds that have carried our people through centuries of erasure and survival.
We serve Native families from every part of life — youth seeking belonging, elders holding memory, parents rebuilding after hardship, survivors searching for safety, and community members looking for a place where Indigenous identity is honored, not questioned.
Through cultural arts, community engagement, family health & wellness, education & research, restorative justice, youth leadership, economic justice, and powerful storytelling, we make our culture visible and alive. Every program, every circle, every gathering is an act of preserving and protecting the medicine — so that future generations inherit more than history. They inherit strength, connection, and a home in their own story.