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Yes, there were Native American in Texas. There were Native Americans throughout the Americas before the Europeans arrived.

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South Americans were inhabiting Texas Originally.

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Texas is a derivation of the Spanish Word, TEJAS. I don't think that the Native Americans spoke Spanish.

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