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The Karankawa were not one single tribe, but several bands that lived along the Texas Gulf Coast, from Galveston to Corpus Christi, who shared similar language and culture. They lived along the Texas coast for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Take a listen as we go back to the 1500s.

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La Vere, D. (2004). The Texas Indians (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a & M University). Texas A&M University Press.

Carol A. Lipscomb Revised by Tim Seiter, “Karankawa Indians,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 09, 2025, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/karankawa-indians.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Wikipedia contributors. (2025, May 9). Karankawa people. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:24, May 9, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karankawa_people&oldid=1289607566

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