TITLE: Designating the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

SUMMARY: Designating the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

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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, it has become an important means of focusing attention on the native peoples of the Americas, past and present, and some institutions have expanded the observance to encompass a full week; and WHEREAS, Over the millennia, ancient peoples built empires, constructed sophisticated cities, and developed elaborate trade networks and complex social systems; the area now known as Texas became home to numerous indigenous tribes with their own unique cultures and ways of life; and WHEREAS, Early inhabitants of our state's Gulf Coast included the semi-nomadic Atakapa, Karankawa, Mariame, and Akokisa, who lived on the shore for part of the year and moved some 30 to 40 miles inland on a seasonal basis; the Caddo in East Texas and Jumano in West Texas were farmers and traders, with economic ties to other tribes and, later, to Europeans; the Comanche and Apache were bison-hunting warriors who traversed large regions of the Southern Plains on horseback; a host of other groups inhabited the Plains area as well, among them Coahuiltecans, Cocoimes, Chisos, Tobosos, Tawakonis, Wacos, and Kiowas; and WHEREAS, Today, the Lone Star State is home to Native Americans from diverse tribal nations, and the effort to retain ancestral memories, languages, and cultures is ongoing and vital; the observation of Indigenous Peoples' Week raises awareness of this rich heritage and the wide-ranging contributions Native Americans have made and 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 week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week; 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 that this resolution finally is passed by the legislature. Hunter Pacheco Phelan Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Harless Ordaz Perez Anchia Harris Ortega Anderson Hefner Pacheco Ashby Hernandez Paddie Bailes Herrero Parker Beckley Hinojosa Patterson Bell of Kaufman Holland Paul Bell of Montgomery Howard Perez Bernal Huberty Price Biedermann Hull Ramos Bonnen Hunter Raney Bowers Israel Raymond Buckley Jetton Reynolds Bucy Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Burns A. Johnson of Harris Rogers Burrows J. Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Button Kacal Rose Cain King of Hemphill Rosenthal Campos King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Uvalde Schaefer Capriglione Klick Schofield Cason Krause Shaheen Clardy Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Cole Lambert Shine Coleman Landgraf Slaton Collier Larson Slawson Cook Leach Smith Cortez Leman Smithee Craddick Longoria Spiller Crockett Lopez Stephenson Cyrier Lozano Stucky Darby Lucio III Swanson Davis Martinez Talarico Dean Martinez Fischer Thierry Deshotel Metcalf Thompson of Brazoria Dominguez Meyer Thompson of Harris Dutton Meza Tinderholt Ellzey Middleton Toth Fierro Minjarez Turner of Dallas Frank Moody Turner of Tarrant Frullo Morales of Harris VanDeaver Gates Morales of Maverick Vasut Geren Morales Shaw Vo Gervin-Hawkins Morrison Walle Goldman Mu oz, Jr. White Gonz lez of Dallas Murphy Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Murr Wu Goodwin Neave Zwiener President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 62 was adopted by the House on May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 21, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.C.R. No. 62 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 62 was adopted by the Senate, as amended, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: Date Governor