Before Texas: Contributions of Native Americans Talk by Dr. Mario Garza

All March long we will have the A Time Before Texas exhibit from Humanities Texas on display and will be complimenting it with interactive programs!

TPML is honored to welcome Dr. Mario Garza for a presentation on the Contributions of Native Americans, including eye opening facts about Native innovations and ancient contributions.

Dr. Mario Garza currently serves as board of elder’s chair and is the principal founder of the Indigenous Cultures Institute. He is the Cultural Preservation Officer of the Miakan-Garza Band.  He earned a multi-disciplinary Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Social Science, with areas of concentration in Sociology, Political Science and Social Work. He has been active in graves protection and repatriation since 1991 participating in reburial ceremonies at the Comanche Cemetery in Fort Hood, Texas including two Coahuiltecan reburials. Dr. Garza served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the 1/616th Medical Clearing Company, 44th Medical Brigade, U. S. Army. He currently lives in San Marcos, Texas near the sacred springs that archeologists believe to be the oldest, continuously inhabited site in North America.

This program is supported by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities Texas.