A descendant of two of those founding Tejano families, I have to admit I almost missed the event. For years I’d heard about this monument that Mexican American leaders were determined to bring ...

The Tejano monument unveiled Thursday at the Texas Capitol was the culmination of more than a decade of planning. It’s the largest such monument on any state capitol grounds in the country.

In contrast, at the Tejano Monument groundbreaking in Austin, the Walmart Foundation announced its $100,000 donation toward a one-year curriculum-development project to improve the understanding ...

AUSTIN -- Members of Texas' oldest families on Thursday unveiled the first monument on the Capitol grounds honoring the contributions of Tejanos, the Spanish-speaking settlers who brought European ...

FILE — San Antonio’s official chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has commissioned a statue to honor Tejano Confederate soldiers. The 8-foot-tall bronze statue would be erected at the ...

In 2018, a year before his death, Solis was inducted into the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame, based in Alice, Texas. “Jack was excited about this connection,” Gillis said.