American Indian Heritage Day returns to Bullock History Museum on Friday [Video]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Bullock Texas State History Museum has teamed up with local nonprofit Great Promise for American Indians to put on American Indian Heritage Day at the museum Friday.

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Jessica Hanshaw, the museum’s public programs manager, said that the event is part of the museum’s larger collaboration with the state’s native community.

“As the museum has grown, we’ve worked with tribal nations to really preserve the historical, social, cultural contributions of American Indians in the state,” Hanshaw said.

KXAN spoke with Hanshaw in the Bullock’s “Becoming Texas” exhibit, which contains pre-colonization artifacts.

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“The exhibition space that we’re standing in right now has over 16,000 years of history, long before European exploration …