KTAB 4U: The Grace Museum celebrates Native American Heritage with special event

by: Adam Singleton

The Grace Museum will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a free community event on Thursday, Nov. 20, highlighting Indigenous culture, land stewardship and the deep historical roots of Native peoples in Texas.

Native American Heritage Night will run from 5 to 8 p.m. at the museum, 102 Cypress St., and will feature hands-on activities, educational programs and access to all galleries.

This year’s event includes a partnership with the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, an Indigenous-led nonprofit dedicated to restoring cultural, ecological and spiritual relationships between Native communities, buffalo and Texas lands. Charles Bush, curriculum developer and educator for the organization, will lead an interactive program on the Lipan Apache way of life and the importance of native grasses in supporting healthy ecosystems.

Bush will also guide the activity “Planting Seeds of Relationship,” where visitors can create pollinator seed packets as a way to support habitat restoration for bees, butterflies and birds. The practice reflects longstanding Indigenous traditions of reciprocal planting and gratitude toward the land.

Throughout the evening, guests may visit the museum’s exhibitions free of charge, including a special Native American Heritage Month display in the third-floor history galleries.

More information about the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project and its mission is available through video features and interviews shared by The Grace Museum as part of the event.

Learn more about this and other events and exhibitions at The Grace Museum’s website.