USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is a border between the western prairies, the Deep South, and Mexico, influenced by Hispanic, African, and Anglo traditions. It is a place of island communities from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Mexico, southern African American and southern Anglo populations, and historic tribes of Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tribes in Texas can be divided into four major cultures, defined by region: the Gulf, Southeastern, Pueblo, and Plains. The tribes in each culture adapted their lives according to the climate in that specific region.

Detailed explanation-3: -NARRATOR: The Institute of Texan Cultures research covers more than 100 cultural groups and emphasizes at least 25 core groups that truly made Texas Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the glories of Texas is its music, which is as diverse and vital as the state and its people. Woven into the musical fabric are country, blues, jazz, spirituals, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, Tex-Mex, Cajun and the music of Czechs, Germans and other European immigrants.