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Chapter 3 Native Texans. Section 1 Ancient Texans. First peoples migrated from Siberia along the land bridge crossing the Bering Strait How do we know who the people are or how they got here? Archaeologists - study evidence of past civilizations Artifacts - bones, baskets, shells, tools. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 3 Native Texans
Section 1Ancient Texans
• First peoples migrated from Siberia along the land bridge crossing the Bering Strait– How do we know who the people are or how they
got here?– Archaeologists- study evidence of past civilizations– Artifacts- bones, baskets, shells, tools
Hunting for food• Stone Age- 10,000+ years ago• Hunting large animals – mastodon, mammoth, bison
• Followed herds of animals • Atlatl • Flint tipped spears• Archaic Age- 8000 years ago
– Hunted smaller game, warmer temps, tools of stone and bone.
– Hunted and gathered – not so nomadic but still roamed
Hunters to Farmers• Central American Indians first to grow food• 100 AD Texans adopted this method– How does farming change a culture?• Increase in population due to the availability of food• Nomadic living in the past• Villages can grow• Complex societies/governments/religious activities
Cultures Emerge
• Cultures- groups of people expressing and conducting themselves
• Southeastern• Gulf• Pueblo• Plains
Section 2Southeastern and Gulf Cultures
• All early people believed that spirits caused major earth catastrophes as well as the changes in seasons
• Humans and animals could communicate• Harmonious with the Earth• Some peaceful by nature some warring
SE farmers and gathersCaddos
• 24 groups make up their confederacy• In Texas groups were matrilineal • Government – Headed by 2 leaders– War and peace leader and religious leader– Men and women held positions in govt. – Most productive agriculturally and most numerous– Farmers and great fishermen– Lived in permanent villages- dome shaped– Warring nation
Coahuiltecans
• South Texas Plain- nomadic but stayed in the South Texas Plain
• Bows and arrows• Hunted javelina, deer, bison, worms lizards and plants
when times were tough!• Dried plants to use as flour• Women took care of camp- men hunted• Shamans-people believed to have power to summon
spirits… • Many died from European diseases
Where they lived…
Karankawas
• Gulf Coast• Built camps and gathered foods and hunted deer,
bears and buffalo• Moved to the ocean in the winter• Dugout canoes-prized possession• Made pottery and baskets and they were
waterproofed with tar• Mid 1800’s most were dead or displaced by
settlers
The Wichita
• Prairies and oak timberlands- Dallas/Ft. Worth, Waco and Wichita Falls home
• Village dwellers resembled Caddo• Women held positions of leadership• Got along well with FRENCH, but fought all
other settlers• Forced to give up lands
Section 3Pueblo and Plains Cultures
• Jumanos - plains• Hunting buffalo and trading throughout
Texas• Middleman between Eastern Indians and
Western Indians• Traded corn, squash for animal skins and
meat and pigments and turquoise• Striped face tattoos, unique hair cut
Territories
Jumanos
• Some lived close to Rio Grande from El Paso to Big Bend
• Farmers- used irrigation• Raised corn, squash beans• Cacti and mesquite beans when times were lean• Homes were large and made of adobe• Fought Apache to keep territory, but Apache won• When Spanish explored Texas they had mostly
disappeared
Tiguas
• Live in present day El Paso• Matrilineal- home and land belong to wife’s
people• Today it is traced thru the males family
Plains Cultures• Plains Indian's life's changed with the
introduction of horses• Spaniards introduced horses around 1500• Became outstanding hunters and warriors• Buffalo played a major part in their lives
Tonkawas• 1600’s arrival- lived by Austin and some in coastal plains• Buffalo was main choice of food, but few
roamed in their area. Apaches and Comanches competed for buffalo
• Lost many to warring with other nations and white man
Apache • Ancestors from far north• Mescaleros and Lipans lived in Texas• Lipans were warring a nation fighting the
Spanish and Comanches• Eventually moved to west Texas to be with
Mescaleros
Comanches
• Lived in prairies, plateaus and plains of west Texas
• Comancheria- their territory- stretched from Mexico, TX, Kansas, OK, Colorado and NM
• Divided into groups in which older men lead them and all groups must
agree before a decision is made- like a • democracy
Comanche Life• Hunting and war• Bear, elk, antelope, buffalo• Hunters would surround buffalo on horseback
forcing them to move in a circle then used bow and arrows to kill
• Ate meat and dried it for later – pemmican• Fought to control comancheria and took over
Apache land and took enemies horses- highly prized
Kiowa• Ally-friend- of the Comanche• Teepee- homes of tanned hide easy to move- Plains Indians could move in 30 minutes if they had to.• Valued their homes, horse and buffalo• Buffalo provided everything to the Plains Indians-
food, clothing, needles, water bottles (bladders), horns for making spoons and other utensils, glue
• Like all other Indian groups they were forced to move to the reservation.
• Like all other Indian groups they also had advanced societies and languages and kept histories by painting on buffalo hides