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Lipan

[ li-pahn ]

noun

plural Lipans, (especially collectively) Lipan
  1. a member of an Apache group that comprises several Apache bands, living in the southwestern United States east of the Rio Grande.
  2. the Athabascan language of the Lipan.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lipan1

First recorded in 1845–50; from Spanish á, from Lipan self-designation Hleh-pai Ndé or é貹-é “Light Gray People” (a reference to the migration history of the Lipan)
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Example Sentences

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For the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, live bison are part of a program that teaches Indigenous youth about the animal, said the organization’s founder, Lucille Contreras of the Lipan Apache tribe.

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Residents of the city of Lipan, about 55 miles west of Fort Worth, were ordered to evacuate as firefighters and two air tankers using retardant were dispatched to confront a new 3,000-acre fire on the border of Erath and Hood Counties.

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Darcie Little Badger’s “A Snake Falls to Earth” is based in part on Lipan Apache storytelling traditions.

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Castoreno, who’s an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, said Monday’s Zoom discussion would touch on all mascotry, including that of Indianapolis’ minor-league team.

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Sallman painted a copy for the school but sold the original “Head of Christ” to the religious publisher Kriebel and Bates, and what Lipan calls a “Protestant icon” was born.

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