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Native Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adobe | kind of clay used to make Jumano homes |
| Apaches | Nomadic hunter-gatherers & raiders who lived in teepees in the Great Plains region & mostly hunted buffalo |
| Buffalo | Prized food source for Native Americans, also used for clothing, tools, & utensils |
| Caddos | Sedentary hunter-gatherers who lived in dome shaped huts |
| Comanche | Nomadic hunters of buffalo who later became skilled at riding and fighting on horseback after being introduced to them by Europeans, lived in teepees |
| Hunter-Gatherers | People who hunted wild animals and gathered wild plants for food |
| Jumanos | Sedentary and lived in adobe houses that they entered from the roof |
| Karankawas | Nomadic hunter-gatherers of fish, clams, and oysters along the gulf coast |
| Nomadic | Moving from place to place |
| Pueblos | Villages where the Jumano indians lived |
| Teepees | moveable, cone shaped native american homes made from animal hides stretched over long poles |
| Tonkawas | Hunter-gatherers who did not migrate because they had plenty buffalo and fish |