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Locations of American Indian tribes in Texas, ca. 1500 CE. Native American tribes in Texas are the Native American tribes who are currently based in Texas and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who historically lived in Texas. Many individual Native Americans, whose tribes are headquartered in other states, reside in Texas.
American Indian reservations in Texas (4 P) T. Tonkawa (3 C, 5 P) W. Wichita tribe (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Texas"
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is home to one of the oldest Indian American communities in Texas. Despite harsh immigration laws being passed in the early and mid 1900s, such as the Immigration Act of 1917 and the 1946 Luce-Celler Act, Indian immigrants, mainly skilled farmers from North India seeking agricultural work came to the region.
Ethnic origins in Texas. In 2021, 40.2% of the population was Hispanic and Latino American of any race, 39.3% non-Hispanic white, 11.6% Black or African American, 1.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.1% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 3.1% two or more races. [24]
Most of the remaining Texas Cherokee were driven north into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). [1] Sam Houston was once again elected President of Texas and negotiated peace treaties with them in 1843 and 1844. From the 1840s on, the original Cherokee Nation sought compensation for the lands they lost in Texas.
Ethnic museums in Texas (2 C, 8 P) Ethnic enclaves in Texas (12 P) A. African Americans in Texas (2 C, 8 P) Asian-American culture in Texas (10 C, 7 P) D.
The present-day Waco, Texas, is located on the site of their principal village, that stood at least until 1820. [5] French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe travelled through the region in 1719, and the people he called the Honecha or Houecha could be the Waco. [ 6 ]
Some settled on the Brazos Indian Reservation in present-day Young County, Texas, and were removed with the Caddo to Indian Territory. [6] [2] The remaining Bidai formed one village about 12 miles from Montgomery, Texas, [1] growing corn and picking cotton for hire in the mid-19th century.