Native Americans

Native American Chart

Region Tribe Karankawas Coahuiltecan Atakapans Caddo Comanche Apache Jumano Tigua Food 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)