TEODOSiO (TED) HERRERA

Tecuancoatl Ipan In Tecihuitl

 Rattlesnake in the Hailstorm

Born 1948, in the Coahuiltecan Sacred Land along the Rio Grande where the Peyote grows, to Maria Lara, a Tlaxcala Huichol Indian and Eduardo Herrera, a Tlaxcala and Carrizo Coahuiltecan Indian.

He is married to Jo Ann Garcia and they have two children and six grandchildren.  Ted is one of five tribal leaders of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Retired in 1998 as the Kelly Air Force Base Program Manager  for the Production Quality Program where he had oversight responsibilities for writing Policy and Procedures that governed over 5000 Air Craft Journeymen in 54 job skills.

In March 2000 started partnership with Mr. Hugh Fitzsimons raising Buffalo for ceremonial and economic development.  

Ted presently serves on the following organizations:

 - as an advocate for stakeholders of tribally owned land or land owned by Tribal members on the USDA/NRCS Texas State  Technical Committee

- on the Mexico-North Research Network sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute addressing the life flow constrains of Indigenous people on both sides of the Rio Grande

- as a consultant to the Texas Historical Commission on investigations of artifacts for disposition when uncovered by construction work on Texas highways.

- as the Coahuiltecan Nation's NAGPRA consultant with the Army Corp of Engineers at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas

- on the Board of Friends of the Indigenous Elders

- on the Board of the Mantle Rock Cultural Center

- as the NAGPRA liaison with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

He is a member of:

- National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association

- North American Iroquois Veterans Association

- Spiritual Elders of Mother Earth

- American Indian Alaska Native Employee Association Elder

In the past, has served as the Coahuiltecan Nation's liaison with UTSA on a language development program.

Ted is also the founder and Spiritual Leader of the Rio Grande Native American Church.