Were Texas Natives cannibals? Many Texas Natives have been accused of cannibalism in countless sources. The Karankawa and Atákapa of the Gulf Coast have been accused most of all. Is there any truth to this? Definitely not in the normal conception of cannibalism. Most likely, this was simply one of the ways Natives were dehumanized in order to kill them and take their land. For possible historical practices that may have contributed to the perpetuation of this myth, see the full video on YouTube,