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Extinct North American Indigenous people
The Aranama were an Indigenous people who lived along the
San Antonio and
Guadalupe rivers of present-day
Texas ,
[1] near the
Gulf Coast .
Language
Aranama people spoke the
Aranama language , a poorly attested language that went extinct in the mid-19th century. It may have been a
Coahuiltecan language but remains unclassified.[
citation needed ]
History
Mannequin of a Spanish priest and an Indigenous man in
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
Many Aranama people moved to
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga at its second and third locations.
[2] Several times, they left the mission to move north, and occasionally joined the
Tawakonis . Each time, the Spanish colonists convinced them to return.
[1]
Some Aranama people also joined
San Antonio de Valero in
San Antonio and Nuestra Señora del Refugio in
Refugio .
[1]
References
Federally recognized tribes
Indigenous languages Historical Indigenous peoples of Texas (Several are in Oklahoma today)
Adai ≠
Anxau ≠
Apache (
Lipan Apache ° ,
Querecho >< )
Aranama ≠
Atakapa ≠ (
Akokna ,
Akokisa ,
Bidai ,
Deadose )
Caddo * (
Eyeish ,
Hasinai ,
Hainai ,
Kadohadacho ,
Nabedache ,
Nabiti ,
Nacogdoche ,
Nacono ,
Nadaco ,
Nanatsoho ,
Lower Nasoni ,
Neche ,
Nechaui )
Cherokee, Texas °*
Coahuiltecan ≠ (
Ervipiame ,
Pajalat ,
Payaya ,
Sijame ,
Xarames )
Comanche *
Decose ≠
Emet ≠
Jumanos ≠
Karankawa ≠ (
Copano ≠ )
Kohani ≠
Mayeye ≠
Pachal ≠
Pacoa ≠
Paguame ≠
Pampopa ≠
Papanac ≠
Pastia ≠
Pasxa ≠
Patiri ≠
Pulacuam ≠
Sana ≠
Saracuam ≠
Semonam ≠
Tamique ≠
Teyas °
Tilijae
Tomoacas
Tonkawa *
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes * (
Kichai ,
Taovaya ,
Tawakoni ,
Waco ,
Wichita proper )
Yojuane ≠
Related topics † extinct language /
≠ extinct tribe /
>< early,
obsolete name of Indigenous tribe /
° people absorbed into other tribe(s) /
* headquartered in Oklahoma today