Native American Regional Groups Gulf Plains Puebloan Southeastern
Native American Regional Groups • • Gulf Plains Puebloan Southeastern
Native Indians
Gulf Coast Culture
Gulf Plains Native Americans • Settled in the Gulf Coast region because of an abundance of fresh water and natural resources
Karankawa • Daily Life– Wore skirts of deer skin or grass – Nomads- people who move from place to place. – Painted themselves with bright colors – Treated children with kindness – Children had two names, one only the family knew. Used magic that protected children from danger. – Relied on food sources and materials that they could find – By 1850 there were none left.
Coahuiltecan • Located in southern Texas also nomads in search for buffalo, deer and small mammals. – Ate eggs, lizards, snakes, spiders and worms • Had stone hammers and knives, bows and arrows to hunt. – Feasted and danced all night celebrations called Mitotes • Died from European disease and attacks by Apache Indians.
Southeastern
Caddo • Farmers in eastern Texas • Built permanent villages and practiced crop rotation • Grew beans, corn, squash, sunflower seeds and tobacco • Women did all the farming, the men cleared the fields and made farm tools • Organized themselves into three confederacies that shared common language and were allies or friends • Were a matrilineal society- traced through the mothers side • Women made decisions for family. 10 to 20 people lived in the household
Plains Culture
Plains Indians • Lived in Teepees, by 1700 most owned horses. • Comanche– Migrated to the Great Plains region during the 1700’s – Skilled warriors and hunters of Buffalo • Kiowa – Last Plains group to arrive in Texas – Traded with neighboring groups, but did not farm – Allies with the Comanches.
Puebloan Culture
Puebloan • Built houses out of adobe bricks, made from drying clay mud in the sun • The Jumano – Gathered wild plants for food and hunted Buffalo. – Droughts were always a problem for them – Attacked by the Apache
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