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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.
The Hape people were a Native American tribe of the Coahuiltecan group. They lived in the region of present-day Texas until their eradication in the late 17th century. [ 1 ] Spanish chroniclers also recorded the tribe name as Ape , Jeapa , Xape , [ 1 ] Aba , Ara , Gaapa , Hipe , Iape , Xiapoz , or Xapoz .
The governor of Texas visited the Nacogdoche in 1752. [3] Their primary village, Nevantin, was located near present day Nacogdoches, Texas, [6] named for the tribe. Four mounds surrounded the site of Nevantin, until relatively recently. [3] While Spanish colonizers claimed Nacogdoche land, the tribe traded freely with the French.
North Texas was home to several Native American tribes before 1900. An interactive map will show you which groups lived in your area.
Most of the bands apparently numbered between 100 and 500 people. The total population of non-agricultural Indians, including the Coahuiltecan, in northeastern Mexico and neighboring Texas at the time of first contact with the Spanish has been estimated by two different scholars as 86,000 and 100,000. [1]
The Akokisa (also known as the Accokesaws, Arkokisa, or Orcoquiza [1]) were an Indigenous tribe who lived on Galveston Bay and the lower Trinity and Sabine rivers in Texas, primarily in the present-day Greater Houston area. [2] They were a band of the Atakapa Indians, closely related to the Atakapa of Lake Charles, Louisiana. [3]
The tribe was granted land in Nacimiento, Coahuila, by the Mexican government in 1852. Tribal members returned to Texas periodically and over the years became seasonal migrant farmers in the U.S. The tribe was officially recognized by the Texas Indian Commission under Senate Bill 168, 65th Legislature, Regular Session, in 1977.
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