Jumano
By
Tanner Creel and Ava Rumfield
I. Location and
Organization
 There were two groups of Jumano Native
Indians. The two groups of Jumano the
Nomadic groups were called Pueblo Jumano
and the other group was called Plains Jumano.
 There were hunter-gathers and farmers who
farmed for a living.
 Each Jumano was ran by a Chief. The Chief
helped solve the problems that came up.
II. Dress
• The Jumanos tattooed and
painted their bodies. The
females wore their hair long.
Males cut their hair short to
about their forehead. The
males wore buffalo hides. The
females wore deerskin skirts
and ponchos also adding buffalo
cloats.
III. Homes
Farmers lived in a house made of adobe
and dried mud called pueblos. They are
very strong. Farmers could stand on their
flat roofs.
 Their homes were partly underground.
The natives lived in usual homes they
were made of sticks. They were easy to
pick up and move.
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IV. How They Lived
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In Jumano farmers grew crops, corn, beans,
squash, gourds, and cotton. All the seeds were
grown using rain. The tribe did not bring water
to their seeds. The females gathered mesquite
pods and beans to make a type of flour.
Droughts were often had to be deal with. The
farmers built granaries to store food.
Males hunted deer, fowl, and buffalo. The
Jumanos were a part of a big Network . The
tribes had a special pottery.
V. Beliefs
• The Jumanos had Ceremonies. We do
not know much about the Jumanos but we
do know that they love music? And made
it a part of their Ceremonies.
• In the Ceremonies they would sing, clap,
and dance.
VI. Summary
They had a lot of contact with the
Europeans.
Jumanos worked very well to their
driest region of Texas!
Not alot of Jumanos lived near the
rivers.
Jumanos were a important part of a
great native network that crossed
Texas