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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
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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
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