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The Coahuiltecan appeared to be extinct as a people, integrated into the Spanish-speaking mestizo community. In 1827 only four property owners in San Antonio were listed in the census as "Indians." A man identified as a "Mission Indian," probably a Coahuiltecan, fought on the Texan side in the Texas Revolution in 1836.
The Hape people were a Native American tribe of the Coahuiltecan group. They lived in the region of present-day Texas until their eradication in the late 17th century. [1] Spanish chroniclers also recorded the tribe name as Ape, Jeapa, Xape, [1] Aba, Ara, Gaapa, Hipe, Iape, Xiapoz, or Xapoz. [2]
The Teya may have been none of the above but instead may have been a Coahuiltecan or Tonkawa group. Most of these tribes resided in southern and central Texas. An old man who said he had previously met Spaniards, probably Cabeza de Vaca, gives credence to a southern origin of the Teyas.
In 1699, Spanish colonists founded San Juan Bautista Mission in Coahuila to convert four Coahuiltecan bands, including the Xarame. [1] The Spanish established another mission near present-day Eagle Pass, Texas, and some Xarame moved there. [1] Others moved to the San Francisco Solano Mission in Coahuila founded in 1700. [1]
The Payaya, like other Coahuiltecan peoples, had a hunter-gatherer society. The Spanish recorded their nut-harvesting techniques. The Spanish recorded their nut-harvesting techniques. Historians have speculated that the band's movements in the Edwards Plateau is an indication that pecans were a substantive protein source to the Payaya.
The Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as lineal descendants of the Coahuiltecan people. They have a nonprofit organization, the American Indians in Texas-Spanish Colonial Missions, based in San Antonio, Texas. [1] The Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation is an unrecognized organization.
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The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc., is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Comecrudo people.Also known as the Carrizo people, the Comecrudo were a historic Coahuiltecan tribe who lived in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the 17th to 19th centuries.