Bill Text: TX SR124 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Welcoming Chief Martin of the Tonkawa Tribal Nation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-20 - Reported enrolled [SR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR124-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Welcoming Chief Martin of the Tonkawa Tribal Nation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-20 - Reported enrolled [SR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR124-Introduced.html
| 2025S0072-2 02/06/25 | ||
| By: Eckhardt | S.R. No. 124 | |
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| welcome Chief Martin of the Tonkawa Tribal Nation on the occasion | ||
| of his visit to the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, As a federally recognized tribe with an origin | ||
| story in modern-day Texas, the Tonkawa Indigenous Tribe shares a | ||
| history of friendship with our forebearers and played an | ||
| important role in the formation of the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Chief Placido, who was a close friend to both | ||
| Stephen F. Austin and Edward Burleson, took part in the Battle of | ||
| Plum Creek and worked closely with John Salmon "Rip" Ford; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In March of 1842, during the Texas Archives War, | ||
| President Sam Houston declared martial law in Austin, an area | ||
| vulnerable to Comanche and Mexican attacks; as families left the | ||
| region to seek safety, the Tonkawa tribe set up camp on Little | ||
| Shoal Creek to help protect the city's western flank from | ||
| Comanche raids; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Between 1867 and 1874, members of the Tonkawa | ||
| tribe served faithfully as scouts and trackers for the United | ||
| States Army stationed at Fort Griffin, Texas, and it is indeed | ||
| fitting that all Texans extend their expressions of gratitude for | ||
| the tribe's historic friendship and aid in defending the Texas | ||
| frontier against hostile influences in the state's formative | ||
| years; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th | ||
| Legislature, hereby welcome Chief Martin of the Tonkawa Tribal | ||
| Nation and extend to him best wishes for a memorable visit to the | ||
| Texas Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
