{"id":377154,"date":"2025-11-14T00:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377154\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:56:11","slug":"tcu-to-host-panel-on-past-present-and-future-of-local-native-american-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377154\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU to host panel on past, present and future of local Native American communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before Dallas-Fort Worth was a sprawling urban metropolis, it was home to many Native American groups, some of whom had settled here after being forced out of their home territories.<\/p>\n

The names of those who drove the tribes out are familiar to North Texans \u2014 Gen. Edward H. Tarrant and Capt. John B. Denton. For many, this history and the story of the Indigenous people who lived here is not.<\/p>\n

This past, as well as how it impacts the present and what comes next, will be explored during a panel on Nov. 15 hosted by The Art Galleries at TCU and featuring four Native speakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that we talk about the history of Indian Removal because it\u2019s not just something that happened in the past, it\u2019s something that continues today in different forms,\u201d panelist Joe Harjo wrote in an email to the Report. \u201cThe impacts are still felt in the lack of healthcare, limited representation, and the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harjo, who is from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a multidisciplinary artist and professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His exhibition \u201cIndian Removal Act III: We are a Wounding\u201d is on display at the TCU art gallery through Nov. 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The title of the three-part work is a reference to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, a law that authorized the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands, leading to the deaths of more than 10,000.<\/p>\n

Other panelists include:<\/p>\n

Artist Robin Williams, who is Wichita, Caddo and Comanche, works as the history, culture and language preservation administrator for Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. She holds a master\u2019s degree in education from the University of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

LaRay Guerrero, who is an enrolled citizen of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe of North Carolina from the Wolf Clan, co-founded the Native-owned company IndigiTECH, where he is CEO. He is a deputy chief field agent for the Collin County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office and was one of the founders of the performance group Indigenous ACE.<\/p>\n

Stephen Silva-Brave, a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, is a doctoral social work student at the University of Texas at Arlington who researches subjects related to Indigenous peoples. He is a licensed master social worker and chemical dependency counselor intern.<\/p>\n

Scott Langston, a retired religion professor from Texas Christian University, is moderating the panel. He said he hopes attendees will leave not only with a better understanding of the history but also with ideas of how everyone can move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any aspirations that this is going to cure everything, but I see a panel like this is to be a step toward a better future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For Harjo, he hopes attendees leave with an understanding of how important it is for the stories of Native people to be told, by Native people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to understand that we are still here, that we have survived, and that we are healing,\u201d Harjo wrote. \u201cOur communities are strong and resilient. Our stories are living proof of that resilience. We\u2019ve always been here, and we always will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discussion and art exhibition are free to attend. The panel is 2-4 p.m. at the Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery at 3050 Waits Ave. November is National Native American Heritage<\/a> month.<\/p>\n

McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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