FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Coahuiltecan
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Karankawa
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Apache
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Jumano
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is now known as the Texas Gulf Coast was home to many American Indian tribes including the Atakapa, Karankawa, Mariame, and Akokisa. They were semi-nomadic, living on the shore for part of the year and moving up to 30 or 40 miles inland seasonally.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Karankawa lived along the Texas Coast from Galveston Island to south of Corpus Christi and as far inland as Eagle Lake in present day Colorado County. The name Karankawa meant “dog lovers” in their own language.
Detailed explanation-3: -These include the Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Lakota, Lipan, Plains Apache (or Kiowa Apache), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwe, Sarsi, Nakoda (Stoney), and Tonkawa.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Congaree were a historic group of Native Americans who once lived within what is now central South Carolina, along the Congaree River. They spoke a language distinct from and not mutually intelligible with other local Siouan languages.