”It is inappropriate for American Indian children to celebrate a day honoring a person for discovering a nation of people.
Peggy LarneyFounder
9th Annual American Indian Heritage Day
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September 25, 2021 / Lone Star Park
With the passage of this bill, we have a unique opportunity and responsibility to celebrate the rich traditional and contemporary American Indian culture in this state. House Bill 174 has now became a State Observance Law in the State of Texas. Signed by Gov. Perry, Friday, May 10 / HB 174 Makes Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. First American Indian Heritage Day in Texas.
This bill deserves passage and will bring deserved recognition of the historic, cultural, and social contributions that American Indian communities and leaders have made to the State of Texas.
Tribal Showcase
Caddo Nation
Profiles in History
American
Indian
Movement
Social Injustice:
Ending the era of historical trauma!
This is a work-in-progress, discovering ways it could be improved, and set about refining a conscious thought to prepare to educate a new audience who wants to hear but needs details to fulfill their assumptions, create a new dialogue to change the landscape, and share to test physical and emotional strength.
The experiment teaches a diverse range to a new vision of endless possibilities of the American Indian perspective and examine the mental process in deductive reasoning to present a central focus of our latest milestones in a gradual, organic expansion, more balanced and creating a clear shift.
Historic, cultural, and social contributions made by American Indians.
Our Culture
We have a unique opportunity and responsibility to celebrate the rich tradition of American Indians in the State of Texas.
Our Education
Our platforms are essential teaching tools to expose cultural & social justice issues from the American Indian perspective.
Negative Stereotypes
This is a fight of mentality versus conscious suggestion. Truth and propaganda to think change is good of American Indians.
Our Identity
We are .5 of 1%, most researched but least understood beyond perceived “Founding Fathers” or “Immigrants built this land”
Healing Sacred Voices
These Are Our Songs & Our Prayers, This Is Our Dialect
Our ancestral linguistics could not be broken during the World Wars where Anthropologists, Generals, Soldiers, Scientists, Alliance countries could not break our tactical messages in both World Wars.
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Sacred Circle of our Matrilineal Leaders.
We have an opportunity to give a voice to our ancestors, elders and our future generation to reclaim our cultural identity through education in solidarity from exposure and bringing awareness.
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House Bill 174 Stages
AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE DAY IN TEXAS IS NOW LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
Stage One
Filed
11/13/2012
Stage Two
Out of House Committee
3/4/2012
Stage Three
Voted on by House
4/3/2012
Stage Four
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/2012
Stage Five
Voted on by House
4/25/2012
Stage Six
Governor Action
5/10/2012
Stage Seven
Bill Becomes Law
Last Friday in September
Stage Eight
Celebration on Last Sept. Saturday
HB174 becomes Law