October Daily Agenda Quiz Notes Puebloan and Gulf Coast Indians Finish Indian Books Quiz – Oct 11 Name the 10 Texas rivers we have reviewed.
Red River Rio Grande Sabine Neches Trinity Brazos San Jacinto Colorado Lavaca Pedernales
Canadian Nueces San Antonio Pecos Guadalupe Frio Atascosa
Puebloan People Jumanos Tiguas
Jumanos/ Tiguas Farmed Hunted Foraged – mesquite beans, prickly pear cactus Different from other Indians, Men did most of the farming
Shelter Both tribes lived in Adobe Huts
Jumanos Farmed along Rio Grande Name means “human” “Striped People” – painted lines on their faces No trace of them today but left pictographs on cliffs around the Pecos/Rio Grande rivers
Tigua Oldest still living in TX today – El Paso area Settled along Rio Grande – irrigated fields Established the first permanent town in TX – Ysleta Kiva – room where religious ceremonies were held
Gulf Coast Indians Coahuiltecans Karankawa Most primitive of all native tribes Both lived in crude huts called wicki-ups
Coahuiltecans Hunter-gatherers Least warlike Best cases for Spanish missionaries Consistent food was scarce – Ate snakes, lizards, worms, snails, rotten wood – 2 nd Harvest
Karankawa Lived mostly on Seafood Very tall men 6ft+ Dugout logs and made canoes Sticks pierced through lips Cannibalistic Dog Lovers Died out as a result of diseases from Spanish
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