1. Native American Regional Groups
Gulf Plains
Plains
Puebloan
Southeastern

2. Native Indians

3. Gulf Coast Culture

5. Gulf Plains Native Americans
Settled in the Gulf Coast region because of an abundance of fresh water and natural resources

6. Karankawa Daily Life- Wore skirts of deer skin or grass
Nomads- people who move from place to place.
Painted themselves with bright colors
Treated children with kindness
Children had two names, one only the family knew. Used magic that protected children from danger.
Relied on food sources and materials that they could find
By 1850 there were none left.

7. Coahuiltecan
Located in southern Texas also nomads in search for buffalo, deer and small mammals.
Ate eggs, lizards, snakes, spiders and worms
Had stone hammers and knives, bows and arrows to hunt.
Feasted and danced all night celebrations called Mitotes
Died from European disease and attacks by Apache Indians.

8. Southeastern

10. Caddo Farmers in eastern Texas
Built permanent villages and practiced crop rotation
Grew beans, corn, squash, sunflower seeds and tobacco
Women did all the farming, the men cleared the fields and made farm tools
Organized themselves into three confederacies that shared common language and were allies or friends
Were a matrilineal society- traced through the mothers side
Women made decisions for family. 10 to 20 people lived in the household

11. Plains Culture

13. Plains Indians Lived in Teepees, by 1700 most owned horses. Comanche-
Migrated to the Great Plains region during the 1700’s
Skilled warriors and hunters of Buffalo
Kiowa
Last Plains group to arrive in Texas
Traded with neighboring groups, but did not farm
Allies with the Comanches.

14. Puebloan Culture

16. Puebloan
Built houses out of adobe bricks, made from drying clay mud in the sun
The Jumano
Gathered wild plants for food and hunted Buffalo.
Droughts were always a problem for them
Attacked by the Apache