American Indian Heritage Day in Texas

American Indian Heritage Day in Texas Our organization is the voice of our American Indian community and beyond in the State of Texas.

This bill deserves passage and will bring deserved recognition of the historic, cultural, and social contributions that American Indian communities and leaders have made to the State of Texas. " It is inappropriate for Indian children and children of America to celebrate a day honoring a person for discovering a nation of people and not having a holiday paying tribute to the people of those nation

s." Founder - Peggy Larney

These words were the beginning of the start of a grass root movement and the start to use the leverage of our Sovereign Nations to unite from Urban American Indians. We are creating platforms as advocates to honor our elders and eliminate racism, prejudice, and racism for our future generations to strengthen their identity

Therefore, the American Indian Heritage Day Core Committee created H.B. No.174, A Bill that is now a law in the State of Texas that was created from American Indian Heritage Day. We are celebrating our 10th year anniversary to promote equity and equality, we approach all issues that are under the lens of Genocide and address the crisis of historical trauma. We have expanded our narrative to create ICARE and also other cause-related items to address education, arts, and cultural preservation.

05/29/2026

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has become the first known Indigenous nation in the U.S. to officially block data center development on its land, voting unanimously in March to place a moratorium on hyperscale data centers and generative AI infrastructure.

Recently, a tech company approached tribal leaders with a proposal to build a data center on Seminole land. Leaders and community members raised concerns over the massive water and electricity demands these facilities require, along with the long-term risks to local ecosystems and water supplies.

Tribal chose to ban construction of data centers and maintain environmental protection and sovereignty, arguing that once resources like water are depleted or damaged, the impacts can be irreversible. This vote is now being seen as a landmark response to the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure and could influence how other Indigenous nations and rural communities respond to future data center projects.

05/27/2026
05/20/2026

Free Leonard Peltier will stream on Netflix

Netflix has announced that Free Leonard Peltier was among four festival documentaries heading to the platform following this year’s festival circuit. The Jesse Short Bull and David France documentary follows Leonard Peltier and the decades-long movement surrounding his imprisonment.

The award winning film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to begin streaming Oct. 12.

“It’s a privilege to give them a home on Netflix so audiences can keep discovering and loving great works like these.” — Adam Del Deo, Netflix VP of Documentaries.

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Will you be watching Free Leonard Peltier when it releases?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Getty Images

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05/16/2026
05/13/2026

Congratulations to Chickasaw citizen Gabrielle Nucosee on her selection as Miss Native American ECU 2026–27 by the Native American Student Association (NASA) at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Ms. Nucosee, a freshman mass communication major at ECU, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for receiving top honors at the second annual NASA Princess Pageant, which judged contestants on regalia, onstage talent, onstage question, stage presence and congeniality.

We wish her success as she represents the university and her tribal community as Miss Native American ECU.

05/12/2026

The Sac and Fox Nation Tribal Offices and Services will be closed on Friday, May 15th, 2026 to honor our Victory before the United States Supreme Court in Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Sac and Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114.

Historical significance: On May 17, 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Sac and Fox Nation could impose and collect motor vehicle registration taxes on tribal lands in Oklahoma, and invalidated an unlawful Oklahoma state tax on Indian motor vehicles and income. This decision was a landmark affirmation of tribal sovereignty, marking a major legal victory for the Nation.

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