Texas has long been a place of contentious borders and cross-cultural exchange. Six national flags have flown over Texas since the 1500s, starting with European contests for the land that followed 10,000 years of Native American history there. From Spanish missions, to a French shipwreck, to a former sugarcane plantation, we visit to ask: How did Texas become Texas?
Native Pasts
Native Pasts
From the period before European colonization to the present, this exhibit showcases the cultural, political, and environmental histories of American Indians. Explore the legacies of both dispossession and resistance, and the ways that depictions of Native Americans have been constructed in textbooks and popular culture.
First Peoples
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First Peoples
Lines in the Sand
Ed Ayers visits with public historians in Texas and explores what's wrong with remembering the Alamo as the beginning of Texas history.Enslaved & Enslavers
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View Connections20"Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
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View Connections14Health & Disease
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