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SUMMARY:Karankawa Tribal member at Allen Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Karankawa is the name of indigenous people who\, for several ce
 nturies\, controlled a more than 300-mile stretch of the sandy loam Texas
  Gulf Coast shore from approximately present-day Galveston Bay south to Co
 rpus Christi Bay.  Historians long thought the Karankawa people had disapp
 eared.  Described as cannibals in school textbooks\, their extinction was
  celebrated because of these alleged behaviors.  Tim Seiter and Alex Perez
  will challenge myths regarding cannibalistic behaviors and the notion tha
 t they are extinct at 7:30 p.m. Thursday\, September 15 at the Allen Publi
 c Library.  Admission to the program is free\, and it will be web-casted l
 ive on allentx.swagit.com \nMr. Seiter will reveal evidence that documents
  three major attempts of annihilation led by Athanase de Mézières\, Doming
 o Cabello y Robles\, and Nicholas de La Mathe.  Because of the fierce resi
 stance that the Karankawan warriors exhibited\, the tribe was labeled as l
 oathsome giants or cannibals.  Many tribal members accepted the labels of
  Hispanic\, Tejano\, American and assimilated into those cultures.  Today\
 , a resurgence of the Karankawa tribe is apparent. The Karankawa descendan
 ts have a tribal council and two clans—one centered in Corpus Christi and
  the other in Galveston.  \nAlex Perez is a linguist and cultural advisor
  to the Karankawan tribe\, which he observes\, “carries a lot of responsib
 ility and a necessary medicine in an ailing society.” When asked what it m
 eans to be a Karankawan\, Alex notes\, “I attempt to serve as a good examp
 le of what it means to be a human being and bring my relatives back from t
 he separation of our native ancestry\, after having been removed from it f
 or so long\, which created generational traumas. Our grandparents were tau
 ght to be ashamed of their identity as indigenous people. But I am in serv
 ice to correct that misteaching.” \nTim Seiter is a third-year Ph.D. stude
 nt at the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University.
   His focus is on colonial Texas\, and he is currently finishing his book\
 ,  Wrangling Pelicans \, which describes life as a presidial soldier in ei
 ghteenth-century Spanish Texas.  \nThe library is located at 300 N. Allen
  Dr. Call 214-509-4911 for additional information.\nAllen Public Library\n
 300 N. Allen Dr.\nAllen\, TX 75013 United States\n
LOCATION:300 N. Allen Dr.\, Allen\, TX 75013
URL:http://allen.bubblelife.com/community/allen_calendar/library/35660962/k
 ey/3511655251/Karankawa_Tribal_member_at_Allen_Public_Library
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