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Mar 15, 2023 · They found seven people could speak the language, also known as Hasinai. But during the pandemic, the tribe found that five of the seven fluent speakers had died.
Mar 15, 2023 · They found seven people could speak the language, also known as Hasinai. But during the pandemic, the tribe found that five of the seven fluent speakers had died. “That was extremely devastating for us,” said Alaina Tahlate, the language revitalizationist for the Caddo Nation’s language preservation program.
The revival of the Karankawa community can be traced to September 2009 when the Brownsville Herald ran a profile of Enrique Gonzalez Jr. A resident of Alamo, the U.S. Army veteran claimed to be a direct Karankawa descendent. Gonzalez had a Karankawa grandparent on both sides of his family.
Most of today's tribe is young and disconnected from memories of long-ago Tonkawa life in Texas. "We are in the process of teaching the language," Patterson said.
The Caddoan languages are Caddo, Wichita, Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai, the latter four making up the Northern Caddoan languages. The speakers of the Northern Caddoan languages are also referred to as the Plains Caddoans because all four tribes (and their various bands) lived in the Southern and Central Plains during historic times.
Sep 27, 2023 · Caddo Nation. Caddo Indians enter written history in chronicles of the Hernando de Soto expedition, which describe encounters during the Spanish passage through southwest Arkansas. When the Spaniards crossed the threshold to Caddo country on June 20, 1542, they entered a nation uniquely distinguished by language, social structure, tradition ...
Feb 14, 2023 · Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Millie Thompson Williams, Second Chief, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas You were the first woman to serve in such a leadership position in the history of the ...
