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One of the first indigenous people in Texas. They influenced Texas’s culture: Gave Texas name (Taysha=friends), the farming culture (corn, beans…), they settled villages (inspired names)…
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They appeared in the Gulf Coast so they had seafood traditions thanks to fishing and canoeing, they used many shell tools and coastal survival items. They placed names in many coastal areas of Texas.
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They had great desert survival and introduced using mesquite as a flavor in the BBQ. They established a nomadic lifestyle (they shaped a frontier identity) and showed great skills in hunting and tracking.
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Texas was a part of New Spain for 300 years. That’s why they introduced many things in its culture such as missions, the Catholicism religion, a ranching and cattle way of farming (cowboy identity), and many new words to Texas’s language.
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Arrived ~1700 but dominated in this period. Influenced: master horsemanship (cowboy and rodeo culture), ranching lifestyle…
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After being a part of New Spain Texas started to belong to Mexico. They gave Texas many key things of their culture now-a-days such as Tex-mex cuisine, tejano music, Mexican festivities…
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Tex declared independence from Mexico. During this period the sense of state identity increased, creating their own independent culture.
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They inspired many things of the Texan culture like music (polka and accordion), beer making, food (sausages, kolaches barbacue styles…)
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By joking the Us there was a blend of traditions (Spanish , Mexican)… Other cultural influences such as the Anglo American (country music, Protestant religion…) or African American (Juneteenth, Southern food, gospel or blues…) introduced new traditions and influences to Texas culture.