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"We believe that when a person is buried, they depart on their spiritual journey.When they are <br />unearthed, their spiritual journey is interrupted and they are suspended in agony," says Dr. <br />Garza. "It is our obligation as indigenous people to return our ancestors to Mother Earth so <br />they can proceed tothe Great Mystery ofthe Cosnouy." <br />Members of the Miakan-Garza Band have been involved in repatriation for over thirty years. <br />They participated in establishing the Comanche Cemetery repatriation burial grounds at Fort <br />Hood in 1998, and in one of the largest repatriations of almost 200 remains at Mission San Juan <br />in San Antonio in 1999. The tribe collaborated with the City of San Marcos to establish the first <br />city repatriation site in Texas in 2016 and has reinterred seven remains there during the past <br />three years. <br />"It is extreme arrogance for an institution to own the remains of a people and deny their <br />descendants' religious right to bury their dead," says Dr. Garza. "We are now sending a plea to <br />all people ofgood conscience: Help ustorebury our oncestoru." <br />The tribe is asking for letters to be sent to the president of U.T. Austin, Jay Hartzell at 110 Inner <br />Campus Drive, Stop G34OO,Austin, TX7O712-34OOor . <br />For more information, contact the Miakan-Garza tribe through their nonprofit, Indigenous <br />Cultures Institute at or at call <br />Dr. Garza at512-393'331U <br />03OEAST HOPNNS0SAN MARC0G'TEXAO788OOw512.3Q3.8147 * FACSIMILE 5i27D4.7745 <br />