Native American Culture Groups in Texas

Native American Culture Groups in Texas

Who Will We Be Studying

How Will We Be Studying Them Location • What Region? Physical Characteristics • Landforms/Weather of the Region Food • What do they eat and how they get it? Housing Type • What type of houses do they live in? Religious Practices • Religion/Rituals

Puebloan Culture Groups Tribes • Jumanos • Conchos • Tiguas

Puebloan Culture Groups Location • Mountains and Basins (along Rio Grande)

Puebloan Culture Groups Physical Characteristics • Arid Climate • Very little rain • Mountains • Rio Grande

Puebloan Culture Groups Food • Farming was main food source • Food was scarce due to arid climate

Puebloan Culture Groups Housing Type • Pueblos made of adobe (mix of clay and mud)

Puebloan Culture Groups Religion • Adopted Roman Catholicism from Spaniard Explorers

Southeastern Culture Groups Tribes • Caddo • Atakapan • Wichita

Southeastern Culture Groups Location • North Central Plains and part of Coastal Plains

Southeastern Culture Groups Physical Characteristics • Many Rivers • Lots of Rain • Alluvial Soil • Piney Woods

Southeastern Culture Groups Food • Relied heavily on farming • Some hunting and gathering

Southeastern Culture Groups Housing Type • Permanent domed shaped homes made with poles covered in grass

Southeastern Culture Groups Religion • Believed there was one creator but several other gods below him • Chief was high priest

Plains Culture Groups Tribes • Tonkawas • Apaches • Comanches • Kiowas

Plains Culture Groups Location • Great Plains

Plains Culture Groups Physical Characteristics • Plains • Semi Arid • Llano Estacado • Escarpment

Plains Culture Groups Food • Relied heavily on hunting buffalo (used all parts of the buffalo) • Lived Nomadic lifestyle

Plains Culture Groups Housing Type • Tipis

Plains Culture Groups Religion • Believed in many gods (sun, moon, stars) • Kiowasperformed sun dance

Western Gulf Culture Groups Tribes • Coahuiltecans • Karankawas

Plains Culture Groups Location • Coastal Plains Region

Southeastern Culture Groups Physical Characteristics • Barrier Islands • Plains • Marshes • Gulf of Mexico

Western Gulf Culture Groups Food • Hunted deer • Fished

Western Gulf Culture Groups Housing Type • Portable dome shaped huts • Nomadic

Western Gulf Culture Groups Religion • Participated in ceremonial cannibalism in order to gain the strength of their enemy

Quick Write How did Native American Cultures adapt to their environment?

Native American Culture Groups in Texas