Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A tipi or tepee (/ ˈ t iː p i / TEE-pee) is a conical lodge tent that is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure, and historically made of animal hides or pelts or, in more recent generations, of canvas stretched on a framework of wooden poles.
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 Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
The Patiri or Petaros lived north of the San Jacinto River valley between the Bidai to the north and the Akokisa in the south of Texas. This places them in the Piney Woods of East Texas, west of the Trinity River in the area between Houston and Huntsville. Little is known about them; perhaps they were a southern Bidai band. [3]
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
The Copano were also known as the Cobane, Copane, Coopane, and Kopano Indians. [1] El Copano Port was named for the tribe, who lived in the area in the 18th century. [ 2 ]
Ken Bridges is a Texas native, writer and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. Texas History Minute: John Neely Bryan, his role in Van Buren, Dallas
The approximate location of Indian tribes in Texas circa 1500 In the 16th century when the Spanish came to the Tompiro Pueblos of New Mexico, the Tompiro traded extensively with the Jumano. [ 18 ] Historical records indicate Franciscan missionaries, including Juan de Salas , were surprised when Jumanos approached them requesting baptism.