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- AlabamaTexas community/government connection
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Texas community/government connectionTribe's account identifies the joint Alabama-Coushatta community's reservation in southeast Texas. Not a government for every Alabama person.
Historical and continuing Texas setting. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of TexasNamed Texas community/government — identification route
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Named Texas community/government — identification routeThe Tribe’s own page identifies its named government in East Texas. This is a community/government navigation route, not a homeland boundary or a claim to represent every Alabama/Coushatta community.
Published identity context; inspected2026-10-26. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - CaddoHistorical homeland connection
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Historical homeland connectionActual NPS history/map caption explicitly identifies East Texas Caddo communities in 1687; historical geography only.
Historical Caddo communities, including 1687 map-caption geography. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - CoahuiltecanHistorical regional umbrella in specialist reference
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Historical regional umbrella in specialist referenceActual introductory and geographic sections place this broad historical label in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. The article emphasizes many autonomous named groups and uncertain classification. This route does not assert one unified people/government, adopt extinction claims or establish modern recognition.
Historical geography described in Handbook of Texas; inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - ComancheHistorical presence — selected community consulted synthesis
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Historical presence — selected community consulted synthesisSelected actual report text, pp3,6,9–10,35–36,50–54, discusses named Comanche bands and historical Texas connections. The report records THPO consultation. No sensitive locations, fixed homeland polygon or current legal boundary is inferred.
Selected eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Texas history; not a current jurisdiction boundary. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - CoushattaTexas community/government connection
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Texas community/government connectionTribe's account distinguishes Coushatta leaders within the joint Texas community. This specific government does not represent every Coushatta community.
Historical and continuing Texas setting. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - HasinaiHistorical connection — named community grouping
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Historical connection — named community groupingCarter’s account explicitly identifies Hasinai in east Texas. Historical navigation connection only; no precise territory or current jurisdiction inferred.
Historical branch in the account of colonial-era Caddo communities. Reviewed 2026-10-27.
Read the supporting source ↗ - JumanoHistorical community region connection
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Historical community region connectionActual Texas House resolution identifies Jumano history in West Texas. Commemorative legislative source, not federal or state recognition instrument; no descent totals imported.
Sixteenth–nineteenth-century geography; 2019 resolution. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - KarankawaTraditional coastal homeland in specialist scholarship
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Traditional coastal homeland in specialist scholarshipThe essay explicitly locates traditional Karankawa homelands on Texas's Gulf Coast and explains that the name encompasses several coastal groups. Only the broad Texas connection is indexed; the account does not justify collapsing the groups into a single historical government.
Traditional and early-contact homeland described in the revised reference essay. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - KickapooPresent day specific tribal government/community location
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Present day specific tribal government/community locationKickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas explicitly places its reservation south of Eagle Pass, Maverick County; specific government.
Present-day; inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of TexasPresent government/community location — identification route
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Present government/community location — identification routeThe Tribe’s own identification places its community south of Eagle Pass in Maverick County, near the Rio Grande. This is a named community/government route, not a homeland boundary, exclusive occupancy claim or inference of presence throughout Texas. Full community-specific research remains queued.
Undated official identification page; inspected 2026-10-26. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - KiowaHistorical presence — community institutional history
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Historical presence — community institutional historyThe actual historical body explicitly includes present-day Texas among places inhabited during the reported southward movement. This supports only a broad historical connection; the early chronological conflicts, unverified archaeology and current land claims are excluded.
Historical Southern Plains movement account, inspected October26,2026; no fixed homeland boundary. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - LenapeHistorical settlement/removal
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Historical settlement/removalNation describes Texas settlements and later removal. Not present jurisdiction.
Nineteenth century. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Lipan ApacheHistorical community region connection
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Historical community region connectionActual NPS historical geography explicitly identifies northwest Texas, San Antonio and later south Texas; no blanket contemporary boundaries or disappearance claim.
Eighteenth–nineteenth-century regional history. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - NokoniHistorical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis
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Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesisReport page 9 explicitly names the Cross Timbers of north Texas. This bounded proposal retains Texas only; the text also mentions New Mexico, but no additional Nokoni route is required in this task. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.
Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - PenatekaHistorical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis
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Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesisReport page 9 explicitly places the historical band in central Texas. No Colorado-state route follows from the Colorado River reference. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.
Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - QuahadiHistorical Comanche band — selected dated synthesis
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Historical Comanche band — selected dated synthesisReport page 10 explicitly names the Texas Panhandle in its historical Quahadi account. Administrative navigation only, not a fixed territorial polygon, a present government location or current jurisdiction.
Historical range summarized in a December 2021 report; this paragraph does not establish precise event-year boundaries. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - TaovayaHistorical connection — named community
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Historical connection — named communityThe TSHA entry explicitly places Taovaya in northern Texas/southern Oklahoma in the eighteenth century, including an upper Red River settlement near present Spanish Fort by 1759. Historical connection only, not a modern border or jurisdiction.
Eighteenth century; settlement described in 1759. Reviewed 2026-10-27.
Read the supporting source ↗ - TawakoniHistorical connection — named community
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Historical connection — named communityThe TSHA entry describes Tawakoni communities in the area between present Waco and Palestine in the later eighteenth century. Historical navigation connection, not a fixed territory or current jurisdiction.
Later eighteenth century. Reviewed 2026-10-27.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Texas Band of Yaqui IndiansNamed Texas community/government — identification route
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Named Texas community/government — identification routeThe publisher describes a Texas Yaqui community and the2015 Texas Senate resolution addresses its name. This supports a narrowly scoped reading route, not federal status, jurisdiction, independently verified migration history or territorial boundaries.
Published identity context; inspected2026-10-26. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ - WacoHistorical connection — named community
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Historical connection — named communityThe OHS entry places Waco communities with Tawakoni on the Sabine River in Texas by the mid-eighteenth century. Narrow historical connection only; no present jurisdiction or homeland boundary inferred.
Mid-eighteenth century. Reviewed 2026-10-27.
Read the supporting source ↗ - WichitaHistorical connection — source reviewed reading route
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Historical connection — source reviewed reading routeThe Tribe’s history recounts its Brazos River reservation and removal from Texas. Selected Harper pages add specifically named Taovaya Red River trade context. This broader reading route does not merge those names or establish presence across all Texas.
Historical eighteenth/nineteenth-century context; selected sources reviewed2026-10-26. Reviewed 2026-10-26.
Read the supporting source ↗ · Supporting source 1 ↗ - YaquiPresent day community connection
Connection & source
Present day community connectionPage 1 explicitly identifies small Yaqui communities in Arizona, California and Texas; not whole-state territory.
Present-day; directory inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Ysleta del Sur PuebloPresent community/government location
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Present community/government locationThe Pueblo identifies Ysleta, Texas, in the El Paso area as home to its Tigua community and publishes its own current tribal-government and community information. This is a present-day community/government location route only, not a homeland boundary or a complete account of Tigua historical geography.
Current community connection, documented in Pueblo publications reviewed 2026-10-22. Reviewed 2026-10-22.
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