By SCOTT HUDDLESTON
San Antonio Express-News 

Native Americans seek to declare Alamo grounds old cemetery

 

August 9, 2019



SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A local Native American group is bringing a new battle to the Alamo, filing a legal notice declaring the grounds to be an abandoned or unknown cemetery.

The San Antonio Express-News reports that could delay the $450 million project to restore and enhance the sacred Texas shrine.

And the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions plans to go even further: The group has launched a fundraising campaign to file a federal lawsuit alleging discriminatory practices in the way city, state and nonprofit officials are guiding the project.

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