Tigua Indians
by; Franco Alcantara-Gonzalez
WHERE THEY LIVE, THEN AND NOW
Back then the Tigua were in this city called Ysleta .They lived happily in the city untill the spanish came ,the villagers told them to leave but the spanish said no! The spanish started burning stuff and took some 300 prisoners to the west of texas also now known as el paso
the spanish built cities for them and named them after the older cities ,one of them Ysleta,But the spanish put del sur after that so it was know called ysleta del sur ,del sur means of south
DEAD OR ALIVE?
The BIA 'bureau of indian affairs' said that tigua were non indians and will not have indian rights. The city of el paso investigated and the investegators said that the tigua culture is no more and there fore they were not indians ,But the tigua said they were Indians and within a few years the tigua were regonized and were given indian rights
Gonverment
WAR CAPTAIN
The job of the war captain is to make sure everything goes good in dances. They also were the leaders for hunting and if in war would take his troops into battle
CHIEF
This guy was the boss boss for the rest of his life
MAYOR
The major of the people was voted by the elders and members of the city