There is a lot of history in Texas involving
Native Americans, but it doesn’t
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pop up on historical markers nor is it referenced
in information written about the towns we visited. So just for your
information, Texas has had at least fourteen Indian Tribes living in the state
at one time or another. The Apaches were in far West Texas, the Kiowas in the
eastern part of the pan-handle, the Comanches in Central Texas, the Wichitas in
North Texas, the Tawakoni and Kitsai tribes in East Texas, the Caddo and
Tonkawa tribes in far East Texas, the Bidalis in the southeast part of the
state, the Karankawa along the northern Gulf Coast, the Coahuiteco and Carrizo
tribes along the southern Gulf Coast and across to the southern part of the Rio
Grande, and the Jumano and Eastern Pueblos along the Rio Grande in West Texas.
Their culture and traditions have been marginalized by the coming of the
Anglos.
