Native Americans
Native American Chart
Tribe
Karankawas
Coahuiltecan
Atakapans
Caddo
Comanche
Apache
Jumano
Tigua
Food
Region
Important Information
Native Texans of The Coastal Plains and
Southeast Texas
Atakapans
Karankawas
Coahuiltecans
KARANKAWAS
- Located in the Gulf Coast sub region of the Coastal plains
- Nomadic
– Fished using dugout canoes
– Hunted small game using bows and arrows
– Women did most the hard work.
- coated themselves with alligator and shark grease to
ward off mosquitoes
*were friendly to Cabeza de Vaca. In fact, de Vaca wrote
about them.
COAHUILTECANS
- Nomadic
- Located in the Gulf Coast sub region
of the Coastal plains
–Hunted deer, rabbit, buffalo
–Gathered beans, nuts, berries,
cacti, worms, lizards, etc.
-Made homes out of mud, animal skin,
and brush
ATAKAPANS
- Sedentary
– Hunted small game and deer in marshlands
- used dugout canoes to fish
– Gathered roots and berries. Some farming
Native Texans of East Texas
Caddoes
CADDOES
– Sedentary
- Hunted deer, bear, and buffalo
– Farmed corn, beans, squash
– Lived in mound shaped dwellings
-developed crafts,
- women in charge of family
Native Texans of the Great Plains
Kiowas
Comanches
Apaches
APACHES
- Nomadic
– Relied on buffalo for food, shelter,
clothing
- Fierce warriors
–For part of the year they lived in farming
communities along rivers and streams
called rancherias.
COMANCHES
– Relied on buffalo for food, shelter,
Clothing
- Lived in tepees
– Fierce warriors; raided other groups
- Skilled traders
– “Lords of the Plains”
KIOWAS
– Relied on buffalo for food, shelter,
clothing,
– Painted pictures of events on their
tepees; made beautiful crafts
– developed a calendar
- The most feared group on the plains
Native Texans of West Texas
Tiguas
Jumanos
JUMANOS
- Sedentary
–Hunted, farmed, and traded
–Lived in villages made of adobe houses
–Planted crops along rivers and
streams
TIGUAS
- Sedentary
– Hunted, fished, and farmed
– Lived in villages of adobe houses
– Made pottery for cooking and storing
food (ovens)