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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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