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Outline
_What is already in the Wiki page_

-Language --> As Aurellia and I did not get any books specific to the Karankawa language, we won't be able to flesh out this part of the article, but it probably will have the Auia language link changed to Karankawa language, as that wiki page actually exists. The sub-title will also be changed to Language and Onomastics as there is a part of the language paragraph dedicated to a theory on the meaning of Karankawa, though there isn't a cited source so hopefully something will be found in the book we have linking specifically back to that theory.

-Environment --> There are actually many books that can go in-depth with the environment that Karankawa people have lived in such as The Indians of Texas from Prehistoric to Modern times as that goes into specifics about the ecological aspects of the area the Karankawa people lived in such as the layout of the land and influence the seasons and types of game affected Karankawa life. This means we will most likely look for the cites that are missing and reorganize some of the words, but most of our own words won't lay in this section.

-Appearance--> In this one we can actually add a small paragraph as I have found sections in The Indians of Texas from Prehistoric to Modern times that go into detail what women dress or put on their bodies, something that is missing from the article

-The book goes into detail the probable physical clothes and decorations on people of the Karankawa tribes such as outfits men and women wore and what designs the women paint on their bodies to denote whether they are married, corrupt, or a maiden.

-Cannibalism-->Will add some citations as needed as while this section has the most citations in the entire page, there are still many missing which makes this a pretty bad article in describing the Karankawa.

-Gender Roles--> This is of most interest to me personally because it only goes so briefly into the origins of the third gender role, and actually doesn't talk about what exactly male and female gender roles were, or if a women was able to enter the third gender role and how that would change what they do. The bulk of my writing will most likely be in here talking about the roles of the standard genders and, if I can find it, what women in the third gender role do. Also more detail about the third gender role would be nice to add if I can find information.

-Housing and Location-->Will go into detail about housing and location, but just as likely to add this paragraph into the environment subsection and re-title it "Environment and Housing"

-History

-Speculations on origin

-Encounters with the Spanish

-Encounters with John Lafitte

-Texas

--> In terms of history, a lot of the books we have go into a lot of detail about the history of the Karankawa and that will make it easier to add to this section as it seems the people who worked on this article just attempted to point at very specific points in history or in the Spain section, just compress that entire relationship of 300 years into 6 sentences.

-Not sure what else to add, maybe "Archeological Remains" and go into detail the excavations and explorations of the Karankawa history through records and the few digs that happened as most archeologists don't like to dig in places with low chances of archeological remains. I might also add a section called "Organization" and go in-depth with how karankawa tribes and leadership work.

Marriage and Relation Taboos [(Add Citation to The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times)] {Also add any information on this topic from other books}
It has been hypothesized based on the writings of Cabeza de Vaca that part of Karankwan Marriages are based on Bride Price(Add link) and Bride Service(Add Link). While the bride price is assumed to be the generalized system where the groom gives gift to the parent's of the girl, the bride service is based around a ritual where the husband gathers all the food they produce and find to the parents of the wife. Because of Taboo, only the wife delivers the food and collects the food given in return while the husband resides in his home. This ritual continues for an unknown amount of months.

An aspect of karankawas are similar to many indians in that there exists taboos between certain relationships. One taboo is the in-law taboo. Men within tribes, if their relationship to anyone is in-laws, to the extreme end, the moment the relation is established there is no more interaction between the man and his in-laws to the point of averting eyes and moving in a different direction. This taboo only seems to apply to males, as it would be inconvenient if such a taboo also applied for females as Karankwans are Patrilocal.

In terms of relationships, Divorce is a common aspect of marriage only when no child is born from the current marriage between a man and a woman, and is highly unlikely if there exists children in the marriage.

Gender Roles
''One unusual aspect of the Karankawa culture was their recognition of three gender roles: male, female, and a third role taken on by some males and women in this type of tribe. Males who took on this third role are called berdache (Karankawa: monanguia.) They generally took on female roles and activities in daily life, while playing a special role in religious rites. According to some accounts, the berdache also performed as passive sexual partners for other males.'' (On the article, not my work just a reference to what is already on the article)

(Possible things to add and/or reword. If mentioned above and not below. Will probably keep that section of article)

An aspect of the Karankawa culture that is shared with other cultures located in the area of what is now known today as Texas is the addition of a third gender role often referred to as berdache (Karankawa: monanguia.). This gender role is not limited to only males or females and perhaps might have been created to better characterize the different mentalities and physical appearances of  men and women.

Enviroment
In the region that the Karankawa inhabited, there have been numerous small chunks of asphaltum found along the coast from oil seepages beneath the now present-day Gulf of Mexico. These chunks have been found to be used as a binding agent for securing arrowheads to their shafts, frequently used as a coating for pottery such as ollas, jars, and bowls on the inside and used as decoration on the outside, and as a way to waterproof woven baskets.

Chieftains
In Gatschet's papers, he states that Karankawan tribes are commonly lead by two chiefs, one is what can be considered a peace chief who takes care of tribe administration and succession was often from a hereditary ruling line, and war chiefs who were most likely chosen by the peace chief. Never, to the best of Spaniard knowledge, has a woman functioned as any kind of chief in the Karankawan tribes.

The ritual in order to become a chief has been studied by 18th-century Spaniards. They have stated that a selection starts from many candidates and each is injured by a comb created from the spines of a sea fish, long wounds being dug into their skin from the top of their head to the soles of their feet and then tied to a pole for several days to either emerge thin or emaciated and close to death. While this description can indeed be a ritual to choose a chief, a diary of Fray Gaspar Jose De Solis states that he suspects these rituals could simply be a puberty rite or an initiation ritual to a brotherhood.

Children
Cabeza de Vaca states that Karankawas have a deep compassion for their children, ignoring the rare instances of infanticide, and often, due to to the unreliability, of food will nurse children up to the age of twelve in order to reduce starvation or sickliness in children. When their children are infants, they spend most of their life bound to a cradleboard secured to their mothers which as an unintended consequence, flattens their head, and allows the mother to work while also caring for the infants. When children are at an age that they can walk and work, the girls are made to help with household chores and the boys join their father in gathering and hunting for food. When they reach puberty, there may be ceremonies, perhaps tattoos, to elevate children from childhood to adulthood.

Marriage
In the written accounts of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca it is mentioned that bride price and bride service is part of a Karankawa Marriage. While the bride price is assumed to be the generalized system in the indigenous population found by Cabeza de Vaca where the groom gives gift to the parent's of the girl he wishes to marry in order to secure their permission, the bride service is based on a ritual where the husband must give every morsel of food he managed to collect or hunt to his wife. His wife then delivers the bounty to her parents and in return is gifted food to give back to her husband. This ritual goes on for an unknown number of months, but when it is concluded the pair typically then engage in patrilocal residence. In terms of marriage, divorce is a common aspect typically only to marriages that have not created any children and is highly unlikely if children have been born from the marriage.

Social Taboos
Among the Karankawa there exists an in-law taboo. Once a man and his wife have become in the Karankawan sense married, the husband and his children are now no longer allowed to enter the residence of his wife's parents nor can his wife's parents enter his or his children's home. These two groups are also no longer allowed to talk with one another and must never come face to face with one another. If there is the danger of coming face to face with one another both parties must avert their eyes and move away from each other. This taboo only seems to apply to the husbands and their children, most likely due to inconvenience on the wife's part as Karankawans are typically patrilocal.