The Karankawa and their ancestral homeland | The Gulf Coast of Texas and Galveston Island

English - December 30, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB
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Galveston, as we know it today, has a rich cultural history. The Spanish, Germans, French, Italians, and many more contributed to creating this island city that we love. However, one group of people claimed this sandbar long before the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. There have been hundreds of separate groups of native peoples in this section of North America that we now know as the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. They traveled between the barrier islands and the mainland using dugout canoes. What we now know as Galveston island lies at the northeasternmost edge of Karankawa's traditional homeland.

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Interested in information covered in this episode? Dive deeper into the links below!
Karankawa: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/karankawa-indians?gclid=CjwKCAiAzKqdBhAnEiwAePEjkhq48QIz-D5BvIXJYY0HOmp4KrAI7Z6NcbK4tsTicDewL7czM_G2qhoCQ0YQAvD_BwE
History and Support if the Karankawa-Kadla: https://karankawas.com/