Map of Aranama territory circa 1500 CE
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| extinct (1843) | |
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| Texas, Aridoamerica | |
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| Aranama language | |
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| Coahuiltecans |
The Aranama were an Indigenous people who lived along the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers of present-day Texas,[1] near the Gulf Coast.
Aranama people spoke the Aranama language, a poorly attested language that went extinct in the mid-19th century. It may have been a Coahuiltecan language but remains unclassified.[citation needed]
Many Aranama people moved to Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga at its second and third locations.[2] Several times, they left the mission to move north, and occasionally joined the Tawakonis. Each time, the Spanish colonists convinced them to return.[1]
Some Aranama people also joined San Antonio de ValeroinSan Antonio and Nuestra Señora del Refugio in Refugio.[1]
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| Federally recognized tribes |
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| Historical Indigenous peoples of Texas (Several are in Oklahoma today) |
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† extinct language / ≠ extinct tribe / >< early, obsolete name of Indigenous tribe / ° people absorbed into other tribe(s) / * headquartered in Oklahoma today | |
