Native Americans of Louisiana
Tribe
Atakapa
Caddo
Regions
Cultural:
Cajun Country
Natural:
Prairie
Sportman’s
Paradise Hills
Shortleaf pine
Red River Valley
Longleaf pine
Classes
Clothing
Shelter
Foods
Customs
Resources
Interesting
Fact
Hunters and
warriors
Men: Breech cloths
Women: Wrap
around skirts and
moccasins
Men: Breechcloths
leather leggings,
Women: Poncho
tops and wrap
around skirts
Buffalo Robes
Brush Shelter:
(Grass and Reeds
around a wooden
frame)
Tall beehive shaped
grass houses with a
palisade for
protection
Fish, oysters,
shrimp, crab, deer,
alligator, fruits,
nuts, honey
Corn beans
pumpkins
sunflowers deer
fish cornbread
soups and stews
Made pottery and
bows and arrows
Natural Gas Oil Rice
Cattle
Pow-Wows dances
storytelling
Religious rituals
Salt mines cotton
Natural Gas Forest
products Dairy
Men had Mohawks
and both men and
women had tribal
tattoos
Tribal tattoos painted
faces beaded
ornaments
Chief
Council of Warriors
Cajun Country
Greater New
Orleans
Saltwater and
Freshwater
Great New Orleans
Miss. Floodplain
Flatwoods
Chiefs and religious
leaders
Central
government led by
Grand Chief
Chiefs were always
men
Men: Breech cloths
Women: Wrap
around skirts and
moccasin
Cane wood
palmetto leaves
built in or near
rivers in villages
Bear and fish corn
shellfish
Drum beating
story telling
Basket weaving
Cane Reed
Shellfish
Fish oil stone fur
Basket weaving
No written language
Men: breech cloths
Women: : Wrap
around skirts
Plaster and river
cane walls with
thatched roofs
Lacrosse swimming
foot racing
Forest Products
Poultry Dairy
Strawberries
Storytelling
Traditional medicine
Artwork beading
Coushatta
Crossroads
Longleaf pine
flatwoods
Priest and chiefs
Plaster and river
cane walls with
thatched roofs
Basket weaving
Animal dolls
Forest Products
rice crawfish
Pecans Beef Cattle
They raised cattle,
they were also rice
and crawfish farmers
Houma
Cajun Country and
Great New Orleans
Miss. Floodplain
Salt and Freshwater
Male and Female
chiefs
Crawfish was their
totem
Palmetto houses
with a sapling
frame
Corn pumpkins
beans small game
Dancing Crafts
Well organized
religion
Shrimp fish oysters
oil Beef Cattle Dairy
Horses Clay
Temple where bones
of chiefs were
burned in a sacred
fire
Mississippi
Floodplain
King (Great Sun)
Council of
Warriors, and
priests
Men: Breechcloths
leather leggings,
Women: poncho
tops and wrap
around skirts
Men: Breechcloths
leather leggings,
Women: wrap
around skirts
ponchos in winter
Men: breech cloths
Women: : Wrap
around skirts
Corn beans squash
sunflowers deer
turkey rabbit
Sassafras tea
Maize deer rabbit
Rice crawfish
Adobe houses with
thatched roofs
Corn beans
pumpkins squash
turkey fish
cornbread hominy
soups
Corn beans
pumpkins
persimmon bread
fruits nuts and
mushrooms deer
turkey cornbread
soups
Spear game
(Chunkey) Men ate
before women
Chitimacha
Choctaw
Natchez
TunicaBiloxi
Crossroads
Miss. Floodplain
War chief
Peace chief
Rattlesnake was
totem
Men: Breechcloths
leather leggings,
Women: poncho
tops and wrap
around skirts
moccasins
Thatched houses
surrounded by
palisades
Weaved baskets
and blankets
Pottery
woodcarvings
Tribal Tattoos
Pottery baskets and
woodcarvings
Soybeans
sugar cane
Aqualculture
Oil
Tribal tattoos
Fought with clubs or
knives