Coahuiltecan peoples

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The Coahuiltecan peoples were diverse Indigenous groups of hunter-gatherers who historically inhabited parts of what are now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Coahuiltecan peoples canonical 8
Jumano 2
Coahuiltecan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
hunter-gatherer society ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish missions ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalAssimilationInto Spanish colonial society ⓘ
mestizo populations ⓘ
culturalDiversity high ⓘ
encounteredBy Spanish colonizers ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf North America ⓘ
foodSource agave ⓘ
deer ⓘ
fish ⓘ
mesquite beans ⓘ
prickly pear cactus ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
small game ⓘ
wild plants ⓘ
historicalTerritory Nuevo León ⓘ
Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande valley

South Texas Plains ⓘ
Tamaulipas ⓘ
housingMaterial brush ⓘ
skins ⓘ
housingType temporary shelters ⓘ
languageFamily Coahuiltecan languages ⓘ
languageStatus largely extinct ⓘ
lifestyle nomadic ⓘ
populationTrend severe decline after European contact ⓘ
presentDayDescendantsIn Texas ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico
recognizedAs umbrella term for many small groups ⓘ
region northeastern Mexico ⓘ
southern Texas ⓘ
linked to: South Texas
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
scholarlyDebate classification and boundaries of Coahuiltecan groups ⓘ
socialOrganization small bands ⓘ
subsistenceType gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
timePeriod early colonial period ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
toolMaterial bone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Coahuiltecan languages → spokenBy → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Mission San José → associatedWith → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Solano language → associatedWith → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Jumano language → spokenBy → Jumano people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jumano language (sometimes)
linked to: Coahuiltecan peoples
Jumano language → associatedEthnicity → Jumano ⓘ
subject linked to: Jumano language (sometimes)
linked to: Coahuiltecan peoples
Jumano language → hasAlternativeName → Jumano ⓘ
subject linked to: Jumano language (sometimes)
linked to: Coahuiltecan peoples
Misión San Antonio de Valero → associatedPeople → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Spanish missions in Texas → affected → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Rio Grande Valley → hasIndigenousHistory → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Rio Grande valley
Gulf Coast Indigenous nations → hasMember → Coahuiltecan groups ⓘ
linked to: Coahuiltecan peoples
Indigenous peoples of Texas → hasPart → Coahuiltecan ⓘ
linked to: Coahuiltecan peoples
Karankawa → neighboringGroup → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ
Mission Espíritu Santo → associatedWith → Coahuiltecan peoples ⓘ