hope to see more of Alex Perez in the future 🙏🏼

Thank you Strong Wind for bringing these ideas to my attention. I really enjoyed listening to you speak. Hopefully more to come ♥️

Does Alex have a KZread channel? Loved hearing him speak with Tim. Thank you for sharing.

Fascinating! Thank you.

I was born and Texas City and until now thought they were extinct.

My grandfather's name was Enrique Gonzalez and lived around the Texas Coast

I loved your talk, I am a decedent of native Americans in what is today Texas. I would like to critique a few things, I know everyone was short on time and it was an overall great talk. You spent a lot of time focusing on the Spanish and I understand they had the longest interaction with the Karankawa but I feel like you spent a lot of time of time taking about the Spanish and not enough time taking about the Anglo settlers that actually succeeded in genocide. It should be noted, the Spanish did not want to destroy the Karankawa, they wanted to destroy the rebel bands that refused to submit. It may seem the same but it’s not. Also Jose Maria was NOT arrested because he “killed a cow without permission” he was arrested because he killed someone else’s cow (these cows were owned by Native American residents). You can look up surviving records of Mission Refugio, these cows and such had owners, many were natives living in the missions. That’s law, he was raised in the Mission system, he fully understood western laws and he chose to break those laws and then start a rebellion. Also Father Galica was upset at the Karankawa because they requested a mission only to abuse it. It’s was a smear campaign of propaganda, it was an honest report to the superiors of missions. You realize the supplies that went to these Karankawa who were being dishonest came from other missions and residents? His frustration was justified in my opinion. Lastly, you entirely avoided how the Mexican government led the same level of persecution and extermination as the Anglo settlers. The Spanish did want to erase the Karankawa culture but not the people, they wanted them to become Spanish, and many did and honestly had it mot been for the Spanish missions we would know nothing of the Karankawa. In fact the last Spanish missionary, Father Antonio Diaz, relentlessly defended the rights of The Karankawa, coco and arminas. He was later killed by Anglo settlers in east Texas and he was certainly not the only priest who defended the rights of the Karankawas.

I am from Galveston Island former home of the Karankawa natives.

If everything of the Karankawa was lost in the “extinction” event and if there are no written records except the biased and victorious Eurocentric authors, and if individual and genomic analysis, and sites such as Ancestry.com can’t supply genealogical data which isn’t there for the Karankawa, and if no one has better than 1/8 Karankawan lineage, and further, if the living ancestors were unaware they were of Karankawa ancestry as late as the 1970s, then outside of supernatural influences, how do Karankawa Descendants (or researchers) know that there are true Karankawa descendants? Answer That's a great question by the viewer and it hits on what I find most interesting about the Karankawas' revitalization. First, I may have been a bit too heavy-handed in my talk about the erasure of the Karankawas from the historical record. While most of the documents are written with a Europeans' hand and are limited, we still have records in which the Karankawas are telling their own histories. And in following the historiographical trend of Native American Studies, we can also include the land, oral histories, and many other means of sources that are typically overlooked to flesh out our understanding of these peoples. The same goes for church records of the Karankawas. They are limited, but we do have them and they do allow us to trace some families over time. To continue, stating that most of the Karankawa Kadla members just rediscovered their Karankawa heritage isn't accurate. These families have for generations passed down their Indigenous backgrounds, but as I have encountered in my own oral histories of members, most of the families have had to keep their Indianess hidden until recently because of its negative connotation. While Ancestry.com can tell folks the general area their ancestors lived, it's not an exact tool for pinpointing exact Native groups-of which Texas had hundreds, if not thousands. But there are some Karankawa-specific DNA testing that are starting up and will provide greater evidence. The Karankawa Kadla receives dozens of inquiries from individuals every month who think they may be partly Karankawa. The tricky thing is determining what makes someone "Karankawa-enough"--a problem that the Karankawa Kadla has continually wrestled with. While some families could certainly have Karankawa blood running through their veins because there are only a limited number of "traditional" historical documents for them to use, they may be unable to find a paper trail to their past-a past in which they had to assimilate in order to survive. Imagine the frustration of a family holding onto its Karankawa-identity for quite some time and then when they feel safe enough to speak about it, academia denies that heritage on the basis of documents produced by colonizers who sought to erase their history. This happens often and the most public example is with Enrique Gonzalez who lives in Alamo Texas. When he first talked about his Karankawa heritage he was dismissed, but after more than a decade he has compiled his "receipts." I could go on and on about this subject, and I'm actually submitting an article on this topic to the Western Historical Quarterly soon that tackles this subject. But if the commenter has any other questions or would like to see some primary sources they should reach out to me or visit //Karankawas.com/archive.

@davidmilton5887

Жыл бұрын

The Karankara were "black" indians that were forced into slavery,and renamed Negroes. No,they are not extinct. Negroes comprise of many "black" Indian tribes of America. After all were enslaved,Caucasians just said that they were extinct. Study history,actual history. A few books from the past go into great detail,what befell the Karankara.

@curiotrope

10 ай бұрын

My grandfather was half Karankawa (and half Comanche) and ridiculed for it as a child in the coastal bend area of Texas. His schoolmates called him "Injun" and teased him about the Karankawa being the "cranky" Indians, all less than a century ago. He unfortunately kept none of the traditions or culture. My mother, who lives in the DFW area, should be a quarter Karankawa, so there are surely others with better than 1/8 lineage out there.

@lolstrongmen

9 ай бұрын

@@davidmilton5887Do you know a lot of there history and stories around haha county I have questions.:)

Fantastique.

I have ancesturs from the karankawa but I am from norway how could dis happend

Are there any links to their sources? Would love to read into everything myself. Recently learned I have Karankawa blood in me, but I cant find much about them.

@davidmilton5887

Жыл бұрын

Are you "black" ? The Karankaras were "black" indians,that were forced into slavery and renamed as Negroes. Study history,actual history. Start reading books from the past for correct information.

@SaintVic2287

7 ай бұрын

Go to the museum in corpus Christi Texas. You'll find a lot of history there.

We need to talk. I was born and raised there know all and I'm one of the natives.

@lolstrongmen

9 ай бұрын

Can we talk please I have many questions if you don’t mind!:)

That what they found under my family home on the end of the island as a child. My dog dug the mount were they killed them all my papa was mad at the historical people.. My house was on top of it. My brother broke his arm. We were playing on Jean's. Old home. In the 80s

5 dollar Indian vibes

Mis papás nacieron en San Luis Potosí Mexico, pero su adn dice que son del Sur de Texas y Noreste Mexicano, curiosamente mis hijos nacieron en Galveston es como si los antepasados nos regresaran a esta tierra.

But why is going hunting from your village considerd "semi-nomadic". They're just out hunting.

Didn’t realize Austin had such a prominent part in the destruction of Texas’ indigenous community. It would be awesome to get rid of the name Austin and replace it with a native name.

These charlatans have no shame!

@lolstrongmen

9 ай бұрын

What are they lying about bc idk not really well verse on this stuff.

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