The street name "White Settlement Road" has been debated for years in Fort Worth.

On Tuesday, the Fort Worth City Council approved a name change with a 9-2 vote for a one-mile section of the road to be renamed Westside Drive. The change will affect the stretch between University Drive and North Henderson Street.

Native residents voice opposition

David Martinez, who is of Apache descent, spoke at the meeting.

"I post on the Northside Facebook page, which has over 50,000 members. I asked them, and not one Native American was for changing the name," Martinez said. "If you take away the name, it does erase history."

Flipstone Vintage & Thrift co-owner Dancing Heart Iglesias also opposed the change.

"It was almost like a culture shock that a Native American business would even be on this

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