November Celebrations at TLU: Native American Heritage Month 2025

All are invited to join Texas Lutheran University in celebrating Native American Heritage Month this November. The university will be offering several events centered around the month-long celebration.

On Tuesday, November 4 at noon, the Blumberg Memorial Library will host a lunch-and-learn (lunch provided) with Doug Parker, descendant of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker.

On Wednesday, November 5 at 10 a.m., there will be a special Chapel Talk in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence, featuring a South Texas Indigenous Traditional Thanksgiving Blessing with Tecuancoatl Teodosio "Ted" Herrera.

On Thursday, November 6, another lunch-and-learn (lunch provided) is scheduled for noon in conference room A/B in the Alumni Student Center. The event features Emi Aguilar, a Coahuiltecan Arts Educator, community organizer, and multidisciplinary artist based among the Coahuiltecan homelands where her people have resided for over 14,000 years.

The campus and surrounding community are invited to hear from these influential local leaders who are educating others about the history and traditions of indigenous cultures. All events are free and open to the public.

For updates and full details, as well as more biographical information about the speakers, click here: https://www.tlu.edu/native-american-heritage-month.