10/20/2025
Recently, the Alamo's official account posted a message in recognition of Indigenous People's Day as well as a Columbus Day post. The post regarding Indigenous People's Day was deleted after backlash.
The post simply recognized the Indigenous communities connected to the Alamo's site history, but it was quickly labeled as "woke" and "unacceptable" by state officials such as Texas Land Comissioner, Dawn Buckingham.
The reaction is painful and confusing because it once again erases the voices of the Native community and contradicts the mission of their antidote Indigenous People's Gallery which is set to open at the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum.
The Alamo was originally Mission San Antonio de Valero, built through the labor of Indigenous peoples particularly the Coahuiltecan, Payaya, and other bands who lived, worked, and prayed on that land long before 1836.
Indigenous San Antonioans and descendants still live, organize, and reclaim their heritage here in San Antonio. Their stories are not a footnote to Texas history- they are Texas history.
As we discuss this controversy, recognizing Indigenous history is not woke- it's truth.
🎵: This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie originally wrote it as a protest not as a celebration of nationalism- but a call for equality and inclusion.
