Tribal leaders to attend ceremony to correct Waco Indian historical marker - Waco Tribune-Herald
What: Panel discussion on Waco Indian history with Wichita tribal president Terri Parton, former president Gary McAdams and Earl Elam, author of “Kitikiti’sh: The Wichita Indians and Associated Tribes in Texas, 1757-1859. ”. When: 6 p. m. Thursday. What : Dedication of historic trees and addition to Waco Indian Village marker. That didn’t sound right to a Comanche official who was touring Waco a couple of years ago. Though widely feared as “Lords of the Plains” in 19th-century Texas, the Comanches were trading partners with the Wacos. Now the McLennan County Historical Commission has set the record straight with a corrective marker installed this week just below the old granite marker. The commission will join Waco-Wichita tribal leaders from Oklahoma to dedicate the new marker at 11 a. m. Friday, following a 10 a. m. dedication of the ancient live oak grove by the Texas Historic Trees Coalition. The Texas Historical Commission didn’t allow alterations to the original stone, which was one of numerous historical markers erected statewide in the Texas Centennial of 1936. The local commission added the new stone after showing Texas Historical... Source: www.wacotrib.com
