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I’m your host! Kicking Bird!

The Karankawa. I’m your host! Kicking Bird!. I am Big Moak , the Karankawa. Gulf of Mexico. The Karankawa. Karankwa were very tall- over six feet. Karankwa means ‘dog lovers.’. Pierced nipples and lower lips with pencil-sized sticks.

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I’m your host! Kicking Bird!

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  1. The Karankawa I’m your host! Kicking Bird!

  2. I am Big Moak, the Karankawa. Gulf of Mexico

  3. The Karankawa Karankwa were very tall- over six feet. Karankwa means ‘dog lovers.’ Pierced nipples and lower lips with pencil-sized sticks. Loved and spoiled their kids- hardly made them do any work. Friendly unless you messed with them.

  4. Canoes Canoes very VERY IMPORTANT to the Karankawa. They needed them for fishing, attacking enemies, but also to get from one campsite to another. Karankawa were nomads AND hunter-gatherers. They moved around constantly searching for food. Our canoes had to be big enough to carry our family and all of our belongings, because we moved around a lot.

  5. The Karankawa also made nets, which they used to catch marine creatures.

  6. Roots of some coastal plant (but we don’t know which plant it is)

  7. The “Big Tree” on Goose Island. It is estmated to be 1,000 years old.

  8. Canoes, ready for fishing, fighting, and traveling to a new campsite. I’m a wikiup: a light, portable house. Why did the K Indians need light, portable houses? hee-hee Karankawa bands had two chiefs: One ran the business of the tribe, the other was in charge during times of war. Piles of oyster shells. This is one way that scientists in modern times find ancient K campsites. Be on the lookout for canoe thieves...

  9. Children were nursed by their their mommas until age 12. There is a reason for this! Karankawa were covered in lice. They ate the lice. Karankawa were constantly pestered by mosquitoes and other bugs. To repel them, they would cover their bodies with mud and spoiled alligator and shark grease! They smelled awful! The Karankawa were not big-time cannibals, but they would feast on an enemy to gain some of that enemy’s ‘powers’. It also was an intimidation technique. Boys went through a ritual at age 13 to become a ‘man’. The boys were cut all over their back with razor-sharp oyster shells. Then he was sent out alone to survive for a few days!

  10. There’s the little canoe thief! Get him! The Karankawa also made necklaces of shells and lots of pottery.

  11. What else are the Karankawa remembered for? These guys were tall!

  12. The Karankawa Most Remembered For: Being tall, being cannibals (even though they rarely actually ate people), being the first tribe that explorers met Shelter: Wikiup A light, portable house made of sticks with grass or hides draped over it. Food: Fish, oysters, turtles, clams, deer, rabbits, roots, berries, nuts, other Indians.

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