Friday, December 23, 2022

Indian Containment in Texas

Bullock State History Museum: American Indians.



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-Wikipedia: Native American tribes in Texas.

- What is a federally recognized tribe?

1 - being an American Indian entity since at least 1900

2 - a predominant part of the group forms a distinct community and has done so throughout history into the present

3 - holding political influence over its members

4 - having governing documents including membership criteria

5 - members having ancestral descent from historic American Indian tribes

6 - not being members of other existing federally recognized tribes

7 - not being previously terminated by the U.S. Congress.








- Historical tribes of Texas.

Adai people, formerly eastern Texas

Aranama,[12] formerly southeast

Atakapa, formerly Gulf Coast[

Biloxi, formerly Neches River in the 19th century,[15] now Louisiana

Caddo, formerly eastern Texas, now Oklahoma

Comanche, formerly north and west,[8] now Oklahoma

Coahuiltecan, formerly southern

Dotchetonne, formerly northeastern[26]

Escanjaque Indians, formerly north-central[27]

Jumano, formerly southwestern[28]

La Junta, formerly west

Karankawa, formerly south coast[29]

Kiowa, formerly panhandle,[8] now Oklahoma

Manso, formerly west[30]

Quems, formerly southwest[31]

Quicuchabe, formerly west[32]

Quide, formerly west[33]

Suma, formerly west, joined Apaches[34]

Teyas, Panhandle[35]

Tonkawa, formerly southeast,[8] now Oklahoma

Apache people, western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma

- The three federally recognized tribes in Texas are:

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas, originally from Tennessee and Alabama

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, originally from the Great Lakes

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas[3] originally from New Mexico.

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- Indian Reservations in Texas Today.

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- Texas Historical Commission: Tribal Contacts.

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- Wikipedia: Comancheria.

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- Wikipedia: Texas–Indian wars.