'We're still here': Native Americans push for native studies elective in Texas high schools

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Native American advocates are hoping the Texas State Board of Education approves a new "American Indian/Native Studies" elective for Texas high schoolers -- but they are running out of time to get it into classrooms by next school year."I had two sons that went through public schools, and I saw the lack of content that they were taught in school," Comanche Nation Elder Hawana Townsley said. "We are still here, and that's what we're asking for this course to communicate and to