Above, Texas State University students gather with their signs of support for the cultural center behind Dr. Mario Garza, ICI's board of elders chair, and Maria Rocha, ICI's executive director. Below, Emily Aguilar explains the importance of community engagement with the Indigenous Cultures Center to a crowd of ICI representatives, local students, community members and members of the press. Photos by Madi Telschow/San Marcos Publishing
An Indigenous Cultures Center for Hays County
The Indigenous Cultures Institute announced its plans for an Indigenous Cultures Center in Hays County on Monday during the first federally recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day.