Dancing Iglesias chose to open her new Fort Worth thrift store on White Settlement Road to reclaim the ugly history of the city's relocation of Indigenous people.
Why it matters: Iglesias, a member of the Lakota nation, believes embracing the street's name ensures people learn about its dark past.
- "Erasing history or trying to cover up history doesn't really help," Iglesias tells Axios. "No matter how brutal or ugly that it was, I think people should look for it rather than try to erase it and cover it up."
Driving the news: Iglesias, 31, her husband and her sister, Lily Mekeel, opened Flipstone Vintage & Thrift in April at 2700 White Settlement Rd.
The big picture: Tarrant County elected officials have long debated whether to rename the town of White Settlement and the Fort Worth road, amid concerns it could discourage new businesses .
Flashback: There were at least seven Indigenous villages in the Fort Worth area before white settlers moved into the region and staked their claim.
- Those settlers named their new home White Settlement to differentiate from tribal lands, including Comanche and Cherokee spaces.
The other side: Though Iglesias seeks to reclaim the road as an Indigenous space and doesn't want the name changed, other groups, including the Intertribal Community Council of Texas , have pushed for a new name.
- "It's kind of a reminder that this white settlement survived … and then the history of my people is that they were relocated. They were driven out," Comanche Nation citizen Marjeanna Burge said last year, per the Fort Worth Report .
The intrigue: Flipstone started as a furniture restoration business, but Iglesias noticed that thrift stores in the region were overpricing vintage goods.
- She wanted to open a store featuring high-quality, curated items at affordable prices.
If you go: Flipstone is open 10am to 7pm Thursday-Saturday and Monday. It's open noon-7pm on Sunday.
- Clothing is restocked Thursdays and priced at a flat rate, discounted more and more until Monday.
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