Aranama people
{{short description|Extinct North American Indigenous people}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Aranama
| image = Aranama_map.svg
| image_caption = Map of Aranama territory circa 1500 CE
| image_alt = Aranama territory
| image_size =
| total = extinct
| total_year = 1843
| regions = Texas, Aridoamerica
| languages = Aranama language
| religions = Indigenous religion
| related_groups = Coahuiltecans
}}
The Aranama were an Indigenous people who lived along the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers of present-day Texas,{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bma39|title=Aranama Indians|last=Campbell|first=Thomas N.|date=9 June 2010|website=tshaonline.org|language=en|access-date=11 March 2022}} near the Gulf Coast.
Language
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.[https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/espiritu/native.html espiritu santo]
History
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Many Aranama people moved to Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga at its second and third locations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/saan/campbell/sec3.htm|title=Indian Groups Associated with Spanish Missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (Indian Groups and Mission San Jose)|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2019-09-17}} Several times, they left the mission to move north, and occasionally joined the Tawakonis. Each time, the Spanish colonists convinced them to return.
Some Aranama people also joined San Antonio de Valero in San Antonio and Nuestra Señora del Refugio in Refugio.
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References
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Category:Extinct Native American peoples
Category:Indigenous peoples of Aridoamerica