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Texas Tribes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lifestyle of Comanches: | HORSE culture Fierce warriors Nomadic |
| Customs and traditions of the Comanches: | Peace & war chiefs "Comancheria" = their vast land controlled in the central plains Most powerful group in southern plains |
| The Kiowas lived in... | Northern Panhandle. |
| The Kiowas houses were ... | Tepees |
| What did the Comanches live in? | Tepees |
| What was the Comanches food source? | Buffalo |
| The Comanches were nicknamed... | Lords of the plains |
| What are the regional characteristics for the Comanches? | Dry Grasslands Buffalo |
| Tonkawa homes: | tepees then roundhouses |
| Tonkawa food sources: | Buffalo other small animals |
| Tonkowa location: | Edwards Plateau Hill country |
| Tonkowa reigonal characteristics: | Dry Southern Plains |
| The Caddos were called __________ | Friendly farmers |
| Caddo location: | Northeastern TX |
| Caddo reigonal characteristics: | Piney woods Rain/lake/rivers WATER! |
| Caddo homes: | Roundhouses |
| Caddo food sources: | Corn Squash Beans FISH! |
| Caddo lifestyle: | Farmers Not nomadic Trotline with hooks=fishing rod |
| Caddo customs and traditions: | Government=confederacies Tayshas (friend) |
| Wichita location: | North central plains |
| Wichita reigonal characteristics: | mild (warm) climate Dry Plains |
| Wichita homes: | Roundhouses |
| Wichita food sources: | Corn Squash Beans |
| Wichita lifestyle: | Farmers NOT nomadic Would hunt buffalo if Comanche weren't around |
| Wichita customs and traditions: | Migrated from Kansas and Oklahoma |
| The wichitas and the caddos are _________ | Southeastern tribes |
| Karankawas were called _________ | Cannibals of the Coast |
| Karankawa location: | Texas COAST Galveston to Corpus Christi |
| Karankawa reigonal characteristics: | Coastal Plains Hot+Humid GULF OF MEXICO!!!! |
| Karankawa homes: | Portable wigwam huts (Bent branches under animal hides) |
| Karankawa food sources: | Fish Shellfish Deer other small animals |
| Karankawa lifestyle: | Hunter-gatherers Nomadic Cannibals to gain strength from enimies |
| Karankawa customs and traditions: | Dugout canoes No fishing rods Treated children with kindness Died out from European diseases |
| The Karankawa and the Coahuiltecan were ________ | Scavengers in the desert |
| Coahuiltecan reigonal characteristics: | Climate too dry for farming Desert-like |
| Coahuiltecan location: | South TX Plain Into Mexico |
| Coahuiltecan homes: | Portable hut (primitive) |
| Coahuiltecan food sources: | small animals bugs dirt soup |
| Coahuiltecan lifestyle: | Gatherers (scavengers) Few tools, but tomahawk Shaman (spirits) religious leaders Nomadic |
| Coahuiltecan customs and traditions: | Could run long distances Always searching for food Died from European disease |
| Where are the Apaches located? | West TX Along Pecos River |
| What are their homes? | Tepees |
| Kiowa food source: | Buffalo |
| Kiowa Lifestyle: | HORSES Nomadic |
| Kiowa customs and traditions: | Allies with Comanches "Sun dancing" |
| Jumanos &Tiguas are ______ | Pueblo tribes |
| J+T lifestyle: | Farmers used irrigation from Rio Grande Traders Advanced villages |
| J+T customs and traditions: | Struggled with drought |
| J+T homes: | Adobe (mud) homes |
| J+T food sources: | corn squash beans |
| J+T location: | West TX Along Rio grande |
| J+T reigonal characteristics: | Desert Dry Drought |
| The Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Tonkowas are _________ | The Plains Tribes |
| Tonkowa lifestyle: | Pushed out of hunting grounds by Apache Roundhousing learned from Wichitas |
| Tonkawa customs and traditions: | Often allied with whatever group would accept them |
| Apaches food source: | Buffalo |
| Apaches Lifestyle: | HORSES Nomadic Small raiding/hunting bands |
| Apaches customs and traditions: | Often raided Pueblo Bow and Arrow=prized possesion |
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