31 Historian Tim Seiter on Local Native American History

In this episode, Tim discusses:
-his background
-the importance, to a specific profession, of being a generalist
-how he became interested in history
-Native American history
-the Apache and early Europeans
-Native Americans of South Texas and Cypress Creek: the Karankawa, Akokisa, and others


Bio: "Tim Seiter is a Ph.D. student in the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University. He is writing a history of the Karankawa Indians of Texas and is also working on a social history of Texas’s eighteenth-century presidial soldiers. In July 2021, the Southwestern Historical Quarterly is publishing his latest article, 'The Karankawa-Spanish War from 1778 to 1789: Attempted Genocide and Karankawa Power.' "

Tim's Website Karankawas: https://karankawas.com



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Show notes
A. Books mentioned by Tim
1. Elizabeth A.H. John, Storms Brewed in Other Men’s Worlds
https://www.amazon.com/Storms-Brewed-Other-Mens-Worlds/dp/0806128690

2. Juliana Barr, Peace Came in the Form of a Woman
https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Came-Form-Woman-Borderlands/dp/0807857904

3. Kathleen DuVal, The Native Ground
https://www.amazon.com/Native-Ground-Colonists-Continent-American-ebook/dp/B00C3K6J82

4. Pekka Hämäläinen, The Comanche Empire
https://www.amazon.com/Comanche-Empire-Lamar-Western-History/dp/0300151179

5. Matthew Babcock, Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule
https://www.amazon.com/Adaptation-Hispanic-Studies-American-History/dp/1107121388

6. William C. Foster, Historic Native Peoples of Texas
https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Native-Peoples-William-Foster/dp/0292717938

7. Robert Ricklis, The Karankawa Indians of Texas
https://www.amazon.com/Karankawa-Indians-Texas-ARCHAEOLOGY-ETHNOHISTORY/dp/0292770774

8. Francisco Flores, Marcos de Zespeda, José de la Santa, et al., “Cabildo's petition to Governor to notify the Commandant General of deplorable conditions at Béxar,” 1781, BA.
https://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/bexar/gallery_doc.php?doc=e_bx_003550

9. Dan Flores, Coyote America
https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/0465093728/


B. Education, Being a "Specialized Generalist," and Living
1. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484

2. Autism is an epigenetic condition. For detailed, scientific discussion refer to the book The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be, by journalist Karen Weintraub and Harvard Medical School researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herber
https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Revolution-Whole-Body-Strategies-Making/dp/0345527208/

3. A discussion with educator and philosopher Andrew Bernstein about modern education: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18496281

4. A discussion with educators Gail Paquette and Kira Withrow, mother and daughter, on education: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42173475

5. A discussion with Montessori Expert Charlotte Cushman on what Montessori education is and why we need it: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18634882

6. Award-wining teacher Scott Harris on education.
a. Part 1: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17685896
b. Part 2: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17758518
c. Another discussion with Scott: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17556404

7. More here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-reasonrx-podcast

8. Karl Friedrich Gauss
a. https://www.storyofmathematics.com/19th_gauss.html
b. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/karl-friedrich-gauss/
c. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gauss/
d. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss

9. Richard Feynman
a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman
b. http://www.richardfeynman.com
c. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Feynman


C. Related information and books about S. Texas history
1. Elusive Dreams: Early Exploration and Colonization of the Upper Texas Coast by James V Woodrick: Austin County: Colonial Capital of Texas by James V. Woodrick

2. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/

3. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
https://www.amazon.com/1493-Uncovering-World-Columbus-Created/dp/0307278247/

4. American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Flores
https://www.amazon.com/American-Serengeti-Dan-Flores-audiobook/dp/B0716FGZ81/

5. Texas Archeology: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/

6. Cabeza de Vaca
a. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cabeza-de-vaca-lvar-nunez
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvar_Núñez_Cabeza_de_Vaca
c. "In Search of Cabeza de Vaca’s Route across Texas: An Historiographical Survey"
by Donald E. Chipman: https://exhibits.library.txstate.edu/cabeza/pdfs/the_route/route_survey.pdf
d. "Pinon Pines and the Route of Cabeza de Vaca" by Donald W. Olson, Marilynn S. Olson, Russell L. Doescher, et. al.: https://exhibits.library.txstate.edu/cabeza/pdfs/the_route/pinon_pines_route.pdf
e. https://exhibits.library.txstate.edu/cabeza/exhibits/show/cabeza-de-vaca/further-study/the-route

7. The Atakapa
a. https://www.atakapa-ishak.org
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atakapa
c. http://www.carsonphotos.com/skylineoa/files/index.html

8. The Akokisa
a. http://sites.utexas.edu/tarl/2015/02/10/the-akokisa-and-the-atakapans/
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akokisa
c. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/akokisa-indians
d. https://www.hcp4.net/parks/jjp/akokisa/

9. The Bidai
a. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bidai-indians
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidai

10. I think it was the Groce Family who took the last of the wild horses on the Katy Prairie
a. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bernardo-plantation
b. https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/groce-family-plantations.html
c. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=74265
d. https://diverseeducation.com/article/12954/
e. https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/artifacts/groce-family-portraits
f. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/groce-jared-ellison
g. https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00137/rice-00137.html

11. Deep Roots, Strong Branches: A History of the Klein Family and the Klein Community, 1840-1940 by Diana Severance: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Roots-Strong-Branches-Community/dp/0965499995



Image and bio courtesy of Tim Seifert

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