The conference theme is Worlds Together, Worlds Apart. Nearly 200 scholars will come together in October at The University of Texas at San Antonio Southwest Campus (Riverwalk) to share their latest research on Indigenous experiences and perspectives, as well as the various ways in which Indigenous groups have interacted with Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Along with the numerous panels, roundtables, and workshops, we are proud to feature a Plenary Session on Indigenous Texas with five scholars whose work is in collaboration and/or dialogue with Indigenous nations and communities of present-day Texas. This session will be open to the general public (more details coming soon!).

We are meeting on Native lands
Yanaguana or “Land of the Spirit Waters”, now known as San Antonio, is the ancestral homeland to the Payaya, a band that belongs to the Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation (pronounced kwa-weel-tay-kans). The Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation is a collective of affiliated bands and clans including not only the Payaya, but also the Pacoa, Borrado, Pakawan, Paguame, Papanac, Hierbipiame, Xarame, Pajalat, and Tilijae Nations. Greater Texas is, or has become, the homelands of the Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Carrizo/Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Comanche, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, Tonkawa, and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. For more information on Indigenous Texas, please visit this page on our website.