5. The Western Gulf Culture Area
Tribe Karankawa
Location in Gulf Coastal Plains – Near present day
Texas Region Galveston South to Corpus Christi Bay
Wigwams: circular huts, from bent
Housing
poles covered with animal skins
Men: deer skin breed cloths or nothing
Dress Women: skirts of deer skin or grass
Painted themselves w/ bright colors
Fished – sea turtles and collected
Food Source shell-fish
Hunted – deer and small animals
Unique Rubbed a ligahor fat and dirt on skin to
Characteristi keep insects away. Gave their children 2
6. The Western Gulf Culture Area
Tribe Coachuiltecan
Location in Gulf Coastal Plains - Southern Texas
Texas Region
Wigwams: circular huts, from bent poles
Housing
covered
Men: little clothing
Dress Women: grass or deerskin skirts
Both: long hair down to waist
Buffalo, deer, javelinas, fish, wild
Food Source plants, eggs, lizards, snakes, spiders, and
worms
Unique Mitotes: all night relebrations of
Characteristi fasting & dancing. Attacked by Apache.
8. The Southeastern Culture Area
Tribe Caddo
Location in Eastern Texas
Texas
Region
Covered wooden poles with grass. Some
Housing
may have plastered the outside with mud.
Winter: clothing from animal skins
Summer: men – deerskin breech cloth
Dress
Women – clothes made from grass and
straw
Crop rotation: beans, squash, sunflower
Food seeds, &
Source Wild plants, hunted buffalo and deer,
fished
9. The Southeastern Culture Area
Tribe Wichita
Location in West of the Caddo along the red
Texas - Region river
Round, built of forked pole,
Housing
covered with dry grass
Dress Painted with tattoos
Beans, corn, melons, squash,
Food Source
buffalo, deer
Unique 4 groups: Waco, Taovaya,
Characteristic Tawakoni, Witchita
s
10. The Southeastern Culture Area
Tribe Atakapa
Location in Between Caddo and the Gulf of Mexico
Texas -
Region
Housing Huts made from brush
Men: breech cloth
Dress Women: skirts
Tattooed their faces
Corn, wild game, buffalo, alligators,
Food Source
fish, shellfish, berries, nuts, birds eggs
Unique Killed by European disease
Characteristi
11. The Southeastern Culture Area
CADDO
• permanent villages • rich farmland
• dwellings of wooden poles • farmed corn
covered with grass • fished; hunted buffalo
• farmed beans, corn, squash • men wore breechcloths
• hunted buffalo, deer • made pottery
• wore tattoos • wore tattoos
• farmed corn
WICHITA • hunted buffalo ATAKAPA
• wore tattoos
13. The Pueblo Culture Area
Tribe Jumano
Location in Built village along the Rio Grande
Texas Region
Housing Adobe bricks: dry clay mud
Dress Clothing and shoes from hides
Corn and other crops, wild plants
Food Source
and buffalo
Unique Killed by European disease
Characteristic
s
14. The Pueblo Culture Area
European Jumano had no immunity;
diseases many died
droughts in the less water for irrigation led to
1600s and 1700s crop failure; plains grasses
died, drove buffalo away
Apache by mid-1700s, Jumano lost
warfare control of much of their land
16. The Plains Culture Area
Tribe Tonkawa
Location in North central plains of TX and SE edge
Texas Region of the Edwards Plateau
Tepees: animal hide stretched over long
Housing
poles
Children: little or nothing
Men: long hair
Dress
Women: long or short hair
Painted their bodies
Small animals – rabbits, rattle snakes,
Food Source
skunks, berries, fruits, nuts
Unique Driven out of hunting grounds by Apache
17. The Plains Culture Area
Tribe Mescalero Apache
Location in West Texas
Texas
Region
Housing Tepees
Dress
Food Source Buffalo
Unique Skilled at riding horses
Characteristi
cs
18. The Plains Culture Area
Tribe Lipan Apache
Location in West edge of Texas hill country
Texas Region to Rio Grande
Housing Tepees
Men: hair short on left side,
long on right side. Feathers in
Dress hair.
Both earrings
Women: Copper Bracelets
Beans, corn, pumpkins,
Food Source
watermelons, buffalo
19. The Plains Culture Area
Tribe Comanche
Location in
Texas Region
Housing Tepees
Dress
Food Source Buffalo
Unique Skilled buffalo hunters – helped
Characteristics make them wealthy
20. The Plains Culture Area
Tribe Kiowa
Location in
Texas Region
Housing Tepees
Men: hair long, over right ear,
Dress
short
Food Source Buffalo, berries, fruits, nuts
Unique Skilled buffalo hunters
Characteristi
Allied with the Comanche
21. The Plains Culture Area
Effect of the Horse
Tonkawa Apache Comanche
• became Plains • came to Texas and Kiowa
nomads between A.D. 1000 • became Plains
• enhanced ability to and 1400 nomads
hunt, follow buffalo • became Plains • migrated to Texas
• in 1700s led to nomads • soon controlled
loss of hunting • enhanced ability much of the
grounds to Apache to hunt, follow Texas Plains
buffalo, fight, raid (Comanchería)
• in time, led to loss
of hunting grounds
to Comanche
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27. The Western Gulf Culture Area
Question:
What are some
similarities and
differences between
the Karankawa and the
Coahuiltecan?
28. The Southeastern Culture Area
Question:
What traits did the
Caddo, Wichita, and
Atakapa have in
common?
29. The Pueblo Culture Area
Question:
What were some of
the problems faced
by the Jumano?
30. The Plains Culture Area
Question:
How did the horse
change the lives of the
Plains Indians?
35. Indian News
Directions:
• Each group must make a news
cast that is produced by Texas
Indians for Texas Indians.
• All stories must be important
to Texas Indians as presented in
chapter 4 of your textbook.
Divide all work evenly within
your group.
36. The telecast must have:
• Studio reporter
• live on the scene reporter
• 2 news stories about Indians that cover issues
important to Texas Indians
– Who, what, where, when, and why must be covered
• Indian commercials (at least 2)
• weather report
• at least 1 map used in a news story or
commercial
• All stories and commercials must be written
so they can be read aloud during your live
telecast. The group telecast should last
approximately 5 minutes. Yes, you will
present your telecast live to your
classmates
