Bill Text: TX SCR48 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Referred to Administration [SCR48 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SCR48-Introduced.html
| 87R23728 BHH-D | ||
| By: West | S.C.R. No. 48 | |
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| WHEREAS, The very name of Texas is derived from the Caddo word | ||
| tayshas, meaning "friend," and such treaties as the 1838 Treaty of | ||
| Live Oak Point between the Republic of Texas and the Lipan Apache | ||
| Tribe, as well as various treaties made with the Karankawa, | ||
| Comanche, and Cherokee nations, reflect attempts to forge a | ||
| friendly relationship between Indigenous peoples and the republic | ||
| and state governments of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The promises and terms of these treaties have not | ||
| always been upheld, however, which has resulted in the loss of life, | ||
| property, and culture, and these historical misunderstandings and | ||
| tragedies are still in need of healing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since the early 1990s, dozens of cities and a | ||
| growing number of states have adopted the observance of Indigenous | ||
| Peoples' Day to celebrate the history and contributions of Native | ||
| Americans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Indigenous Peoples' Day was first proposed in 1977 | ||
| as part of the International Conference on Discrimination Against | ||
| Indigenous Populations in the Americas; coinciding with Columbus | ||
| Day, the observance has become an important means of focusing | ||
| attention on the native peoples of the Americas, past, present, and | ||
| future; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The area now known as Texas has been home to | ||
| Indigenous populations since time immemorial, and over the | ||
| millennia, the region has been home to numerous tribes with their | ||
| own unique cultures and ways of life; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among other tribes, inhabitants of Texas have | ||
| included the Alabama-Coushatta, Atakapa, Karankawa, Mariame, and | ||
| Akokisa along the Gulf Coast, the Caddo, Choctaw, Anadarko, | ||
| Cherokee, and Wichita in North and East Texas, the Manso and Suma | ||
| and the people of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in West Texas, the | ||
| Coahuiltecans, Yaqui, Kickapoo, and Carizzo in South Texas, and the | ||
| Cocoimes, Chizos, Tobosos, Tawankonis, and Wacos on the North | ||
| Central Plains; in addition, numerous traditionally nomadic | ||
| peoples, such as the Comanche, Kiowa Apache, Arapaho, and Lipan | ||
| Apache, have lived throughout the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The continued presence of Native Americans during | ||
| the era of the Indian Termination Policy of the mid-1900s and in the | ||
| decades since has led to an active and thriving Indigenous | ||
| community in Texas; today, the Lone Star State is home to people | ||
| from diverse tribal nations from across the Americas, and the | ||
| effort to retain ancestral memories, languages, and cultures is | ||
| ongoing and vital; the observation of Indigenous Peoples' Day | ||
| raises awareness of this rich heritage and the wide-ranging | ||
| contributions Native Americans have made, are making, and will | ||
| continue to make to our state and nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous | ||
| Peoples' Day; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
