S.R. No. 1074
1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to commend
1-3 the First American League, Southwest Texas State University, the
1-4 City of San Marcos, Hays County, the Texas Department of
1-5 Agriculture, and Boy and Girl Scouts from Texas and Oklahoma on the
1-6 momentous occasion of the Sacred Springs Pow-Wow and Western Swing
1-7 Festival; and
1-8 WHEREAS, The significance of the event is the celebration
1-9 of the "Return of the Native American," beginning with a public
1-10 welcoming ceremony being held in San Marcos at Southwest Texas
1-11 State University near the ancient Sacred Springs at Aquarena Park;
1-12 and
1-13 WHEREAS, In 1988, the State of Texas officially welcomed back
1-14 to the state those Native American tribes who had lived in Texas
1-15 prior to their banishment in the 1880s; Governor Bill Clements,
1-16 Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, and Speaker of the House Gib Lewis
1-17 formally welcomed the tribes on the Capitol grounds in Austin, and
1-18 they sealed their agreement by smoking a peace pipe which had not
1-19 been used since the Treaty of Medicine Lodge in 1867; and
1-20 WHEREAS, For three days beginning on May 19, 1995, Texas
1-21 will celebrate the "Return of the Native American" with a special
1-22 ceremony that will officially welcome Native American tribes,
1-23 including the four major nations originally from Texas, the
2-1 Kiowa Nation, the Comanche Nation, the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma,
2-2 and the Wichita Tribe, as well as all other American Indians
2-3 residing in Texas; and
2-4 WHEREAS, This historic greeting by state, university,
2-5 county, and city officials of a distinguished group of American
2-6 Indian leaders and their people will kick off a Texas-sized
2-7 three-day weekend entitled the Sacred Springs Pow-Wow and Western
2-8 Swing Festival; and
2-9 WHEREAS, This gala weekend hosted by Southwest Texas
2-10 State University, the City of San Marcos, Hays County, and
2-11 the State of Texas will include a Pow-Wow, concert, Western Swing
2-12 dance, special exhibitions of history and culture, Native American
2-13 arts and crafts, plus trick ropers, cowboy poets, plays at the
2-14 courthouse, and many other entertaining events; and
2-15 WHEREAS, The First American League, a nonprofit Native
2-16 American Organization, will sponsor the festival with production
2-17 by Texas World Records Production Company; the First American
2-18 League's major areas of interest are young people, education, and
2-19 cultural preservation and revival; the League is working with
2-20 Southwest Texas State University to establish scholarships for
2-21 deserving Native Americans and other long-term projects for the
2-22 study and preservation of native cultures indigenous to this
2-23 region; and
2-24 WHEREAS, All scouting organizations in Texas and Oklahoma
2-25 will be invited to attend; there will be certain events and
3-1 exhibitions designed to enable interested scouts to earn credit
3-2 toward their Indian Lore Merit Badges; now, therefore, be it
3-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
3-4 74th Legislature, hereby welcome Native American tribes and
3-5 the four major nations, the Kiowa Nation, the Comanche Nation,
3-6 the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Wichita Tribe, as well as
3-7 other Native Americans residing in Texas, to the Sacred Springs
3-8 Pow-Wow and Western Swing Festival; and, be it further
3-9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the
3-10 participants and sponsors as an expression of the highest esteem
3-11 of the Texas Senate.
3-12 Armbrister
3-13 Barrientos
3-14 Lucio
3-15 Bivins Leedom Shapiro
3-16 Brown Luna Sibley
3-17 Cain Madla Sims
3-18 Ellis Moncrief Truan
3-19 Gallegos Montford Turner
3-20 Galloway Nelson Wentworth
3-21 Harris Nixon West
3-22 Haywood Patterson Whitmire
3-23 Henderson Ratliff Zaffirini
3-24 Rosson
3-25 Bullock, President of the Senate
4-1 ______________________________________
4-2 President of the Senate
4-3 I hereby certify that the above
4-4 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
4-5 on May 18, 1995.
4-6 ______________________________________
4-7 Secretary of the Senate
4-8 ______________________________________
4-9 Member, Texas Senate
4-10 ______________________________________
4-11 Member, Texas Senate
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4-13 Member, Texas Senate