Puebloan People
Tribe
Location
Shelter
Lifestyle
Food
Legacy
Draw the
chart in your
spiral. Do Not
include the
blue star. 
The Puebloan People
Jumano
Concho
Tigua
The Puebloan
People lived in
the Mountains
and Basins region
of Texas,
between the
Pecos River and
the Rio Grande.
The region between the Pecos River and the Rio Grande is hot
and dry, yet the Puebloan people were able to farm the dry land,
growing corn, beans, and squash.
The Jumanos: the “striped people”
The Jumanos built and lived in large
structures, called pueblos.
Pueblos are constructed of adobe, a mix of wet clay
and straw that is made into bricks and dried in the sun.
The Jumanos were great traders.
They traded the produce from their
gardens to Plains Indians . . .
. . . And the Plains Indians traded hides
and meat from their buffalo hunting.
The Conchos: friends of the Jumanos
• Like the Jumanos, the
Conchos farmed and
gathered wild plants to
eat.
• The men hunted deer,
birds, and rabbits; they
fished in the rivers and
gathered clams.
• The Conchos lived in
huts covered with grass
and animal skins.
• They dressed in
ponchos made of rabbit
skins in the winter.
• They painted their faces
and bodies, much like
the Jumanos.
• SO WHY DID THEY
DISAPPEAR?
SO WHY DID THEY DISAPPEAR?
The Spaniards forced the Jumanos and Conchos
to work in their mines and sugar mills.
• They may have merged with
the Jumanos, their allies
and friends.
• Or, they may have died out
from diseases spread by the
Spanish explorers, who
forced the Jumanos and
Conchos into labor.
The Tigua: oldest group of Native
Americans still living in Texas today
Tigua Indians
• Like the Jumanos and the Conchos, the Tiguas
farmed for a living.
• The men cleared the fields, and the women
planted and tended the crops.
• The men hunted, and the women gathered
berries and other wild foods.
The Tigua tribal council would meet in a kiva, a large
room used for meetings and religious ceremonies.
Here, the council would elect its cacique, the chief.
Like all Puebloan peoples, the Tigua performed rituals
and dances to protect their crops and pray for rain.
Today, the Tiguas have adopted Spanish ways,
including the Roman Catholic religion.
Use the diagram below and your knowledge of the Native
Americans to write a sentence giving an example for each
of the following themes applying the concepts to the Native
American cultures we have been studying. You may use
any of the tribes we have discussed so far.