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Long before Houston's skyscrapers and suburbs, tribes like the Karankawa and Atakapa lived here, shaped the land and were violently displaced over centuries.

The Tonkawa Tribe was forced out of Central Texas in the late 1800s and relocated to Oklahoma. Groundwork to help reclaim and rediscover what the tribe lost started earlier this week.

Today's state leaders should respect the tribe's wishes, said McClamroch Battise, 67, a tribal elder. "We as a tribe have been here before Texas was Texas. We've always been good neighbors," he said.

Juan Mancias, leader of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, is seen on Dec. 5, 2019, speaking at the tribe’s Yalui Village next to the Eli Jackson Cemetery south of San Juan, Texas.

On June 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Claims Court sided with the tribe and ruled that it has title to land in nine Texas counties, stretching from the Louisiana line to just north of Houston.