1. Native Americans

2. Vocabulary
Era - a period of time with distinct political, economic, and social characteristics
Native - living or growing naturally in a specific place

3. Vocabulary Indigenous - originating in a specific place or region
Natural Resources - materials or substances that occur in nature

4. Read pages 108-110 in your book with a partner and write down information about the:
CADDO tribe
KARANKAWA tribe
COAHUILTECAN tribe
ATAKAPA tribe
WICHITA tribe

5. Vocabulary Continued
Nomad - someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home
Adobe - sun dried bricks made from a mixture of mud with small amount of straw or grass

6. Karankawa Indians Ka-rain-ka-wa Location
Along the coast from Galveston to Corpus Christi
Migrated between the mainland and barrier islands

7. Karankawa Indians Nomadic Fished in the winter Used bows/spears
Also ate crabs, oysters, turtles
Hunted in the summer
Moved mainland to avoid storms
Deer

8. Coahuiltecan Indians Co-hil-teken Location Southern tip of Texas
Rio Grande valley
Corpus Christi to Northern Mexico

9. Coahuiltecan Indians Nomadic,Hunter-gatherers
Hunted deer and small animals
Gathered nuts and seasonal fruits
Pecans, prickly pears
Ate bugs

10. Atakapan Indians Et-a-cup-in Location Southeastern tip of Texas
Houston to central Louisiana

11. Atakapan Indians Nomadic, Hunter-Gatherers Coast in winter months
Fish, crabs & clams in canoes
Mainland in summer months
Hunted small animals and birds

12. Caddo Indians Location Northeastern Texas
Parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana

13. Caddo Indians Built dome shaped huts
Organized government system led by a chief
Women played important roles
Greeted Europeans with the word Tejas, which means friends

14. Wichita Indians Location North central Texas
Also found in Oklahoma and Kansas

15. Wichita Indians Hunted buffaloes Grew crops
Known for the tattoos around their eyes known as “raccoon eyes”

16. Comanche Location West Texas
Vast territory from Northern Mexico to Kansas and from Texas to New Mexico

17. Comanche Great Hunters, Used every part of the buffalo
Lived in teepees
Domesticated animals before horses were introduced to the area by the Europeans

18. Apache
Location
Western Panhandle
Also found in Arizona and Mexico

19. Apache Used buffalo hide as protection from the harsh landscape
For part of the year lived in farming communities along rivers and streams called rancherias

20. Kiowa
Location
The Plains
Nomadic (Bison Hunters)

21. Kiowa Recorded oral histories on their teepees Made beautiful crafts
Developed a calendar
Most-feared group on the plains

22. Jumano
Location
West Texas
Also in New Mexico and Northern Mexico

23. Jumano
Farmed
Hunted
Traded
Lived in painted adobe homes

24. Tigua
Location
Far West Texas
New Mexico

25. Tigua
Known for their beautiful pottery
Live near El Paso