Gary Perez

Gary Perez at Texas Wild Rice Festival

Gary Perez is a director of the Indigenous Cultures Institute's Sacred Site Program who came to visit the Texas Wild Rice Festival.

Perez told a creation story based on a 4,000 year old cave painting, the White Shaman Panel. The panel is located at the White Shaman Rock in Comstock, Texas. Perez explains that the painting has been researched by the Institute's scientists who support the panel's depiction of the sacred sites.

The painting shows a curved thick line which is known to represent Central Texas' river with four sacred sites revealed as Austin's Barton Springs, the San Marcos springs, the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, and the San Antonio rivers.

Perez tells how the painting reveals geographical facts about Central Texas' river location and the birth of the Earth.

For more information, visit the Indigenous Cultures Institute's website here.