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Caddo

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Explore UT’s Caddo Collection

September 30, 2014 by Michelle Bryant

Many Texans know the Caddo Tribe gave the state its name—Tejas is the Spanish spelling of the Caddo word taysha, which means friend or ally. But did you know that The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Archeological Research Lab (TARL) safeguards one of the most extensive Caddo collections in the world? “The records and collections of […]

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