{"id":16256,"date":"2021-09-28T12:47:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=16256"},"modified":"2021-09-28T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:48:44","slug":"peoples-world-installation-commemorates-peace-treaty-signed-in-1843","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/09\/28\/peoples-world-installation-commemorates-peace-treaty-signed-in-1843\/","title":{"rendered":"People’s World: Installation commemorates peace treaty signed in 1843"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Eddie<\/a>
Eddie Sandoval provides a blessing for the Peace Circle installation at Peace Plaza in Grapevine, Texas, on September 18, 2021. Photo courtesy Grapevine CVB<\/figcaption>\r\n
\u2018Peace Circle\u2019 commemorates 1843 Treaty of Bird\u2019s Fort at Grapevine, Texas<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, September 28, 2021<\/div>\r\n
By Albert Bender<\/div>\r\n
People's World<\/div>\r\n
peoplesworld.org<\/A><\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nGRAPEVINE, Texas — On September 29, 1843, there took place the historic Treaty of Bird\u2019s Fort<\/a> at\u00a0the\u00a0Grapevine Prairie\u00a0between Native Americans and Republic of Texas\u00a0President Sam Houston. In commemoration of this peacemaking event, a \u201cPeace Circle\u201d\u00a0public art event was held in Grapevine, Texas on\u00a0Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, which was observed by Indigenous\u00a0Americans and the city residents.\u00a0The commemoration was held on Peace\u00a0Plaza at Grapevine Main Station<\/a>, where a tipi was also erected.

<\/P>\r\nSam Houston was considered Indian-friendly by many Native people, having spent his younger years with the Cherokee people in Tennessee. Houston and the Native leaders met in a time of conflict, but they were determined to go forward in a spirit of peace, friendship, trust, and most of all with a feeling of hope for a future without the grim specter of relentless war.

<\/P>\r\nThe chiefs, captains, and Houston met to pool their efforts to find a place where the tribal nations could live in peace and harmony. The Peace Circle meeting led to the signing of the Treaty of Bird\u2019s Fort on Sept. 29, 1843.

<\/P>\r\nFast forward to the present, and many of the tribal\u00a0representatives in attendance\u00a0for the 2021 Peace Circle were, in fact, descendants of the chiefs and captains who signed the historic treaty. Twenty-one Indigenous nations\u00a0were represented at the commemorative gathering on Saturday.

<\/P>\r\nTo properly\u00a0mark the event, statues of the ten chiefs and captains who were signatories to the treaty were unveiled at the Peace Circle. There was also, of course, a statue of Sam Houston.

<\/P>\r\nThe statues were created by Grapevine artist-in-residence Linda Lewis, and the features of the leaders\u00a0and the\u00a0tribal clothing of that time period were thoroughly researched to ensure accuracy. Each leader\u2019s physical attributes and the smallest details of historic clothing were garnered from consulting tribal members, pouring over photographs and paintings, and working with relatives to confirm that the representations were accurate to each tribal nation. These representations were approved by the Native nations they represent.

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