1. Native American Video Notes
What’s important!

2. Caddo Caddo corn, beans, squash fishing buffalo
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Caddo
corn, beans, squash
fishing
buffalo
willow poles with grass
basket weave pattern
bee hive shaped
fire pit in the center
loin cloth with animal skins
tattooing
mounds used for burial
confederacy
tribal councils
organized
trotline

3. Wichita Wichita corn, beans, squash, pumpkin buffalo pemmican jerky
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Wichita
corn, beans, squash, pumpkin
buffalo
pemmican
jerky
bee hived shaped like Caddos
spirit doors
water stops by door
loin cloths
moccasins
tattooed
“raccoon eyes”
cradleboards
councils
organized
family very important
moats
religious ceremonies
confederacies

4. Atakapan Atakapan Fish Deer Bear Similar houses to Karakawa Feathers
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Atakapan
Fish
Deer
Bear
Similar houses to Karakawa
Feathers
Small family groups

5. Jumano Jumano corn, beans, squash native desert plants adobe
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Jumano
corn, beans, squash
native desert plants
adobe
single story
partly underground
loin cloth & leggings
sandals made of yucca
mud “hats” to keep cool
organized in villages
friendly
welcomed strangers
irrigation

6. Same as Jumano – draw and arrow down!
Tigua
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Tigue
corn, beans, squash
native desert plants
adobe
single story
partly underground
loin cloth & leggings
sandals made of yucca
mud “hats” to keep cool
organized in villages
friendly
welcomed strangers
irrigation
Same as Jumano – draw and arrow down!

7. Karankawa Karankawa fish & shellfish wild rice
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Karankawa
fish & shellfish
wild rice
followed game, plants, & sea life in season
small poles with palm leaves tied over them
mobile houses folded up like an umbrella
tall- 6 feet
loin cloth & animal hides
moss clothes for cooler weather
cane piercing
red clay body painting
mitotes- dance ceremonies
dugout canoes
used oil to waterproof pots

8. Coahuiltecan Coahuiltecan deer, bison, javelina cacti, mesquite, agave
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Coahuiltecan
deer, bison, javelina
cacti, mesquite, agave
worms, lizards, ants, snakes, plants
small temporary shelters made with sticks & grass
loin cloth & animal hides
or no clothes
yucca sandals
rabbit shawls
mitotes- dance ceremonies
shaman to lead religious ceremonies & care for sick
equal status for men & women

9. Comanche Comanche buffalo smaller game berries jerky pemmican
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Comanche
buffalo
smaller game
berries
jerky
pemmican
buffalo hide tipis
buffalo & deer hide
feathers
face and body painting
prayers for bringing buffalo back & good hunting
platform burials
vision quests
council of chiefs
expert horsemen

10. Apache Apache buffalo, deer some farmed
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Apache
buffalo, deer
some farmed
wickiups (made of branches & hides)
Tipis for the warriors on hunts
buffalo & deer hide
face & body painting
long hair on one side
men plucked all facial hair
pierced ears

11. Tonkawa Tonkawa Smaller game Deer Turkey Buffalo Rabbits Roots Berries
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Tonkawa
Smaller game
Deer
Turkey
Buffalo
Rabbits
Roots
Berries
Same as Comanche
buffalo & deer hide
feathers
face and body painting
mounds used for burial
confederacy
tribal councils
organized
trotline

12. Kiowa Kiowa buffalo Teepees
CULTURE
FOOD
HOUSING
CLOTHING/
APPEARANCE
GOVT, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
Kiowa
buffalo
Teepees
Tanned hides fastened around a framework of 20 poles with a fire in the center
Fur
Sundance was most important ceremony
Pray for good hunt
Arranged marriages