This article was published in partnership with NBC News and the Indigenous Investigative Collective, a project of the Native American Journalists Association.
On the blistering September day that ended Grapefest, a wine festival in Grapevine outside of Dallas, Mayor William Tate pushed up the brim of his cowboy hat and addressed the crowd gathered for the unveiling of a new public work of art: Peace Circle.
“It is important that history be accurate,” Tate said of the 11 bronze statues made to commemorate the brokering of peace in 1843 between 10 Native American leaders and Sam Houston, the president of the Republic of Texas.
