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Karankawa / k ə ˈ r æ ŋ k ə w ə / [1] is the extinct, unclassified language of the Texas coast, where the Karankawa people migrated between the mainland and the barrier islands. It was not closely related to other known languages in the area, many of which are also poorly attested, and may have been a language isolate. A couple hundred ...
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."
Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Along with the sometimes-incendiary language, Texas and Washington have a history of court battles over the border. In 1994, when Democrats were in power both in Austin and in the White House ...
Coahuiltecan was a proposed language family in John Wesley Powell's 1891 classification of Native American languages. [1] Most linguists now reject the view that the Coahuiltecan peoples of southern Texas and adjacent Mexico spoke a single or related languages. [2]
Trump repeated the comment the following week during an appearance at the southern border alongside Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying that migrants are entering the country speaking “truly foreign ...
Migrant crossings in this area have dropped from over 10,000 one December day to about 200 per day recently. In all, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had almost 250,000 migrant encounters ...
Sacagawea (1788–1812), Lemhi Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805–1866) son of Sacagawea, explorer, guide, military scout; Cameahwait, chief in the early 19th century; Bear Hunter (d. 1863), war chief; Old Toby; Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1970), historian and professor at Yale; Mary Dann and Carrie Dann