Karankawa

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The Karankawa were a Native American people who inhabited the Gulf Coast of what is now Texas, known for their coastal hunter-gatherer lifestyle and early contact with Spanish colonizers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Karankawa canonical 6
Karankawa people 2
Karankawa-speaking groups 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
causeOfDecline disease
displacement
warfare
contactPeriod early Spanish colonial period
contactWith French colonizers
Spanish colonizers
country United States
culturalRegion Gulf Coast culture area
linked to: Gulf Coast regions
documentedBy American settlers
French explorers
Spanish explorers
economicActivity fishing
foraging
hunting
shellfish gathering
environment barrier islands
bays and lagoons
coastal marshes
ethnicGroupOf United States
food fish
game animals
plants
shellfish
hasEthnonym Karankawa
heritageRecognizedIn Texas historical studies
housingType portable dwellings
inhabitedRegion Gulf Coast of Texas
Texas
knownFor coastal adaptation
early contact with Spanish explorers
languageFamily Karankawan languages
languageStatus extinct language
lifestyle coastal hunter-gatherer
locatedInTime colonial era
pre-Columbian era
mobilityPattern semi-nomadic
neighboringGroup Atakapa
Coahuiltecan peoples
partOf indigenous peoples of Texas
populationTrend decline after European contact
regionToday Texas Gulf Coast historic sites
religion indigenous North American spirituality
status culturally extinct as a distinct group
subsistenceStrategy hunter-gatherer
usedWatercraft dugout canoes

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Texas significantGroup Karankawa
Atakapa neighboringGroup Karankawa
Rio Grande Valley hasIndigenousHistory Karankawa
subject linked to: Rio Grande valley
Indigenous peoples of Texas hasPart Karankawa-speaking groups
linked to: Karankawa
Karankawa hasEthnonym Karankawa
La Bahía del Espíritu Santo associatedWithEthnicGroup Karankawa people
linked to: Karankawa