EDINBURG — The Museum of South Texas History invites the community to the first Sunday Speaker Series of 2020 on Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. The presentation features a historical lecture and discussion on “Immigrant Indians in Early Texas,” which will be led by Joseph Chance and Don Drefke.
Throughout the history of this borderland region, a multitude of tribes and nations of first peoples traversed through early Texas. Some immigrated as nomadic hunters and gatherers who used the land to survive, while others traveled due to forced displacement. The presentation will focus on the Cherokee, Delaware, Shawnee, Kickapoo and Seminole ...