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The Jumano Indians are a prominent indigenous tribe or several tribes, who inhabited a large area of western Texas, adjacent New Mexico, and northern Mexico, especially near the La Junta region. Spanish explorers first recorded encounters with the Jumano in 1581; later expeditions noted them in a broad area of the Southwest and the Plains. The last historic reference was in a nineteenth century oral history but their population declined by the early eighteenth century.
Scholars have generally argued that the Jumano disappeared as a distinct people by 1750 due to infectious disease, the slave trade, and warfare, with remnants absorbed by the Apache or Comanche. But as of 2008, self-identified Jumano-Apache in Texas have registered 400-500 members with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in an effort to be recognized as a tribe.
Spanish records from the 16th to the 18th century frequently refer to the Jumano Indians, and they are noted by the French in areas to the east as well. During the last decades of the seventeenth century, they were noted as traders and political leaders in the Southwest. Contemporary scholars are uncertain whether the Jumano were a single people organized into discrete bands or whether the Spanish used Jumano as a generic term to refer to several different groups, as the references spanned peoples across a large geographic area.
It's hard to survive in these troubled times
Lord knows I've seen some
And there have been days when I couldn't say
Where the next dollars coming from
But there's a better day tomorrow
I can see, just knowing you love me
Knowing that's never going to change
That's what keeps me going
Knowing I can just call your name
and your arms will open
Its all the strength I need,
just knowing you love me
In this world sometimes it feels like no one can
measure up
So you keep doing more and you still fall short
Never quite good enough
But I get a sense of who I can truly be
just knowing you love me
Knowing that's never going to change,
That's what keeps me going
Knowing I can just call your name
and your arms will open
Its all the strength I need
just knowing you love me
Just knowing you love me
Knowing that's never going to change,
That's what keeps me going
Knowing I can just call your name
and your arms will open
Knowing that's never going to change,
That's what keeps me going
Knowing I can just call your name
and your arms will open
Its all the strength I need
just knowing you love me