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Historic Indians of Louisiana

Historic Indians of Louisiana. Period began when the Europeans came to North America The People as they called themselves passed down their traditions and history through oral storytelling. Most information comes from archaeologist.

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Historic Indians of Louisiana

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  1. Historic Indians of Louisiana

  2. Period began when the Europeans came to North America • The People as they called themselves passed down their traditions and history through oral storytelling. • Most information comes from archaeologist

  3. Europeans wrote about their encounters but not very accurately • Europeans brought diseases that the Indians lacked immunity from. • Different tribes spoke different languages.

  4. Natchez Tunica Houma Chitimacha Caddo Coushatta Choctaw Some LA Tribes

  5. HOUMA • Where did these people live? • Near Angola in West Feliciana Parish and ended up in Terrebonne Parish • How did they get their food? • Hunt, Fish, and Trap

  6. 3. How did they interact with the environment? Primary villages of 140 cabins

  7. 4. What were the main features of their culture? • Totem was the crawfish • Intermarried with other tribes living among Acadians

  8. Another symbol----Istrouma (Isti Houma) a tall red pole on the MS river marking hunting ground of the Houma and the Bayougoula tribe • Iberville(explorer) called the marker baton rouge “red stick” in French

  9. NATCHEZ 1. Where did they live? -Grand Village - Present day Natchez Miss.

  10. 2.How did they get Food? -Skilled Farming Fruits and Vegetables -Hunters Deer, bison, bear

  11. 3. Interaction with the environment - Villages scattered in the forest - Flat topped mounds - French wanted farmland ended their way of life

  12. 4. Main Features of Culture -Class System - Common People called Stinkards - Nobles - Chiefs -Tattoos indicate status

  13. Ruler the Great Sun Like a King and Religious figure Had the power of life and death in his hands

  14. TUNICA • Where did they live? - Avoyelles Parish East Central LA

  15. 2. How did they get Food? - Trading, Hunting, Farming, & Fishing - Trade Salt, Flint, Arrow points, & Horses

  16. 3.Interaction with the Environment - Located near junctions of major waterways for trading routes

  17. 4. Main Features of Culture • Totem Rattlesnake • War Chief- Military leader • Peace Chief- Tribal leader • Joined with Biloxi and formed the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe

  18. CADDO 1. Where did they live? - The Red River (Arkansas before moving to LA)

  19. 2.How did they get Food? • Hunted, Farmed and Fished • Poultry, Bison & Cattle

  20. 3. Interaction with the Environment - Traded horses for salt with the Tunica

  21. 4. Main features of Culture • Related tribes- Natchitoches, Adai, Ouachita, Hasinai • French considered it a confederation Treaty gave land to U.S.

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