2026 Annual Meeting

ElCaT Annual Meeting

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Alto, Texas

May 1 - 2

Agenda

May 1

11:30 AM: Check-In and Registration Opens

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: Welcome and Introductions

12:15 - 1:00: Deborah Burkett, Women Along the El Camino Real, 1700s - 1800s

1:00 - 1:45: Amy Heath, To Relate: How Indigenous History Inspires Today

1:45 - 2:15: Noah Duke and Josh Diamond, Mission Tejas

2:15 - 2:30: Break

2:30 - 2:45: Annual Public Service Award recognizing Senator Robert Nichols

2:45 - 3:15: Aaron Gates / Amy Kitmacher, Mission Dolores State Historic Site

3:15 - 4:00: John Zumwalt, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site

4:00 - 4:30: Carolyn Spears, Digging into Diaries: Native and Introduced Plants Along El Camino Real de los Tejas

4:30 - 4:45: Break

4:45 - 4:55: Texas Historical Commission Update

4:55 - 5:15: Angelica Sanchez-Clark and Jori Welchans - National Park Service Update

5:15 - 5:30: General Membership Business (Election of Board Members and Vote on Bylaws Amendments)

5:30: Conclude

May 2

9:00 AM - 1 PM: Cherokee County Site Tours

Optional Addition - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM