Article: Not much known about natives of South Texas: Indians along Rio Grande called Chichimeca by Aztecs.

Byline: Kevin Garcia

Nov. 23--NOVEMBER 23, 2006 -- Each year, children dress as pilgrims and Indians to reenact the first Thanksgiv-ing, but the likely first meal shared between the Europeans and Native Americans was far from Ply-mouth Rock: It was in South Texas. Most Americans think of the people of the Great Plains when describing Native Americans. Nations and tribes worked together in semi-nomadic or settled regions of what is now the United States. Native Mexicans are often associated with the civilizations of the Maya or Aztec. The native people of South Texas were different and often forgotten by history. "The Aztecs had the whole Spanish ...

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