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More than 30 organizations claim to represent historic tribes within Texas; however, these groups are unrecognized, meaning they do not meet the minimum criteria of federally recognized tribes [5] and are not state-recognized tribes. [52] Some of these cultural heritage groups form 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Texas Germans, Louisiana Creoles, Adaeseños, Floridanos, Californios, Nuevo Mexicanos, Isleños, Cajuns, Texan Natives. Tejanos (/ teɪˈhɑːnoʊz /, [2] Spanish: [teˈxanos]) are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state. [3] The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of ...
Josef Lidumil Lesikar (1806-1887) was instrumental in organizing two groups of about 160 Czechs to immigrate to Texas in 1851 and 1853. Although about half of the first group died, Lesikar, his wife, and their four sons reached Galveston with the second group on board the Suwa in late December 1853. The family bought farmland in New Bremen ...
In 1911 an extremely bloody decade-long civil war broke out in Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Texas, raising the Hispanic population from 72,000 in 1900 to 250,000 in 1920. Most job opportunities for them involved working on a ranch or a farm starting from South Texas and moving north and northeast.
At $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts, beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture. This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent), greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent), broiler chickens at $1.3 billion (10 percent), and dairy products at $947 ...
Coahuiltecan. The Coahuiltecan were various small, autonomous bands of Native Americans who inhabited the Rio Grande valley in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. [1] The various Coahuiltecan groups were hunter gatherers. First encountered by Europeans in the 16th century, their population declined due to European diseases ...
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [10] [11] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [12] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [13]
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, [1] as well as her "electric" stage presence. [2][3][4] In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at the Monterey ...