Welcome
Mapping Literary Tejas is a database of Chicana/e/o/x, Indigenous, Latina/e/o/x, Tejana/o/x authors, cultural spaces, poets, publishers, storytellers, small press, writers, and community resources.
Created, funded, and managed by Dr. Claire M Massey (Elx, Spain), the site is independent and open access. Mapping Literary Tejas is not affiliated with any institution.
Entries: Images and descriptors taken from connected social media. All images remain property of their original owners. All rights reserved.
Writers: If you would like to be included, please get in touch. You do not need to be published, if you write, you are a writer!
Educators: Do you have lessons plans and/or syllabi for the teaching of Chicanx | Indigenous | Latinx | Tejanx literature and/or storytelling? Please get in touch. Your work is a valuable asset.
Would you like to get involved? Have ideas? Please get in touch. Mapping Literary Tejas is a community-focused project.
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cover image: William Hooker, Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas 1834, UTA Libraries Cartographic Connections. All rights reserved.
Ancestral Lands
Texas is an ongoing colonial project, therefore, Mapping Literary Tejas respectfully acknowledges the stories, histories, memories, voices, and knowledges of the Indigenous peoples, the original caretakers of this land:
Acoclames | Akokisa | Alabama–Coushatta | Alcalerpaguet | Anadarko | Apache | Apennapem | Arapaho | Aretpeguem | Atakapa | Atanagunypacam | Auteca Paguame | Bidai | Borrado | Caguate | Catanamepague | Chiso | Cibolo | Cholomes | Coahuiltecan | Cocoyames | Caddo | Comanche | Concho | Coospacam | Cootajanam | Cotonames | Deadose | Ervipiame | Guiguipacam | Hasinai | Hierbipiame | Huauchichile | Irritilas | Jumano | Kahadoche | Karankawa | Keechi | Kichai | Kikapoo | Kiowa | Ki Tonkawa | Kotsotekas | Lipan Apache | Manso | Mayapem | Mayeye | Mescalaro Apache | Miakan-Garza | Nacogdoche | Nabedache | Nacono | Namidish | Nasoni | Nokoni | Nonojes | Pacoa | Paguame | Pajalat | Pakawan | Papanac | Parampamatuju | Payaya | Peneteka | Peupuetem | Pintos | Quahadis | Querecho Apache | Rayado | Saulapaguet | Segujulapem | Segutmapacam | Sepinpacam | Sicujulampaguet | Suma | Tanima | Tanniaquiapem | Tawakoni | Tenawa | Tewa Apache | Tigua | Tilijae | Toboso | Tonkawa | Tugumlepem | Umalayapem | Uscapemes | Waco | Wichita | Xarame | Yamparika | Yojuane
Resource: Indigenous Cultures Institute
“We work to preserve the cultures of the Native Americans indigenous to Texas and northern Mexico while maintaining our covenant with sacred sites.”