September 19 th Daily Agenda Notes CH 2 Section Quiz – 19/19 1.Name the three groups of Prehistoric Texans 2. What was the name of the land bridge the first natives crossed to get to North America?
Texas Rivers
Southeastern Indians Caddo – “Mound Builders” – Most advanced culture – Confederacies – alliances of people or groups that unite for a common purpose
Food Sedentary Farming – stays in one place Hunted Foraged for fruits and berries Fished with Trotlines
Shelter Dome Shaped Straw Huts
Customs Women leaders Cotton Clothes > farming Pottery Marriage Proposal – men left venison on family’s doorstep Most Civilized Caddo “Friend” = Tayshas--->Tejas--->Texas What is the Texas state Motto?
Mound Building For religious and burial purposes Caddoan Mounds State Park in Cherokee CO. Near Alto, Texas
How were they Built?
What were they built for?
Mounds Sites in United States
Wichita Lived between Trinity and Brazos Rivers Wichita Falls Texas Later moved North to Kansas ---> Wichita KS Became integrated with Kiowa and other Plains Indian tribes
Food Farmed – corn, pumpkins, squash, melons, beans, plum trees Hunted Foraged for fruits and berries
Shelter Grass Huts Tipis – cone shaped tent made of poles and animal skins Tipis are mobile, ideal for traveling hunters
Customs Women leaders Friendly, traded with French Raccoon Eyes Tattoos on Men and Women
Atakapan In Choctaw the name Atakapa means “eaters of man” – many believe it was a ritual to keep their enemies from joining them in the after life Believed in head flattening - At birth mothers tied a thin board to babies forehead till it formed a slanting forehead.
Plains Indians Relied more on Hunting – Buffalo Nomadic – Tipis Groups are: – Comanche – Apache – Kiowa – Tonkawa
Comanche Buffalo Hunters Nomadic Tipis Hostile warriors Best horsemen of all Indians Scalped Enemies War Paint Ate Buffalo intestines with Feces still inside!
Apache Name means “Enemy” Nomadic, followed Buffalo Crushed skulls of enemies Stole Spanish mustangs – better equipped for long distances w/o water Ate their own body lice Farmed in villages when not chasing Buffalo
Kiowa Buffalo Nomads, tipis Worshipped the Sun, did sundances after victories in war Rabbit Society Allies with Commanche
Tonkawa Lived in Texas Hill Country Mostly foragers…less Buffalo in area Dome shaped Huts Believe they came from wolves Wolf Tattoos 1 st to use horses to hunt
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