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Whispers in the Wind:

Whispers in the Wind:. Rediscovering Native Americans of Texas. Created By Carmen Phillips Krimmel Intermediate. West Texas Plains. Along Gulf Coast from Galveston to Corpus Christi. Piney Woods of East Texas. Mountains and Basins Region. South Texas Plains. Comanches. Caddo.

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Whispers in the Wind:

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  1. Whispers in the Wind: Rediscovering Native Americans of Texas Created By Carmen Phillips Krimmel Intermediate

  2. West Texas Plains Along Gulf Coast from Galveston to Corpus Christi Piney Woods of East Texas Mountains and Basins Region South Texas Plains Comanches Caddo Jumanos Karankawas Coahuilticans

  3. Comanches(most feared tribe) www.texasbeyondhistory.net

  4. Use of Land & Water • Dirt storms and tornadoes • “Comancheria” • Battled intruders

  5. Clothing • Breechcloth made of tanned buffalo hide • Leggings • Buffalo robes • Boots & snowshoes • Painted faces RED • Braided Hair • Feathered Headdresses

  6. Foods • Buffalo – every part of it used, boiled, broiled, eaten raw or as jerky • Nuts and berries • Drank warm animal blood

  7. Homes • Buffalo hide Tepees www.texasbeyondhistory.net

  8. Customs • Life centered around 2 activities: Hunting & War • Horse = most important possession (buried with them) • Expert Horsemen

  9. Caddo www.texasbeyondhistory.net/.../who.html

  10. Use of Land & Water • Fertile land for farming • Trotlines • Hunted Deer (most important animal)

  11. Clothing • Deerskin and fur capes • Shells • Tattoos • Men: Mohawks • Women: Long parted in middle http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/caddo

  12. Marek Adney of Austin, TX Do you see any similarities with today’s styles? http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/caddo/images/oldnew.html

  13. Foods • CORN, ate beans, sunflowers, melons, pumpkins, tobacco and squash • Deer, buffalo and javelina • Used traps and trotlines

  14. Homes • Beehive shaped grass huts • 25- 40 feet diameter. Up to 40 people in one hut home.netcom.com/~wandaron/caddo.html

  15. Customs • Huge burial mounds • Weepers • Confederacy with 2 leaders: • 1 war & peace leader • 1 religious leader • Made Pottery & wove mats from bamboo www.texasbeyondhistory.net/.../who.html

  16. Karankawas Karankawas

  17. Use of Land & Water • Gulf of Mexico for food • Dugout canoes • LONG cedar bows • 3 foot arrows made of sugar cane • Weapons & tools from seashells or wood

  18. Clothing • Nude or breechcloths and grass skirts • Sugar cane body piercings • Very tall and powerfully built • Coated bodies with alligator/shark grease to ward off mosquitoes (VERY Stinky!!!) • Tattooed faces with blue lines and figures • Chokers of shell, glass, pistachio nuts or metal

  19. Foods • Oysters & Clams • Scallops & Fish • Turtles • Locusts • Prairie hens and quail

  20. Homes • Winter months spent along coast: Small huts of willow poles with draped animal skins and grass • Summer months spent inland: several sticks with woven mats over it

  21. Customs • Flattened babies heads with cradleboards • Like other tribes they ate the flesh of their enemies believing they would gain their enemy’s courage • Karankawa = dog lovers • Wrestlers • Mitotes "“Caw Wacham: Flathead Woman with Child”." Online Photograph. Britannica Student Encyclopædia. 2  Sept.  2008  <http://student.britannica.com/eb/art-94957>.

  22. Coahuilticans Coahuilticans www.texasbeyondhistory.net

  23. Use of Land & Water • Very primitive • Spent most of their time in search of food • Nomadic

  24. Clothing • Men: little or no clothing (breechcloths) • Women: short skirts of buckskin • Small people • Black stripes painted over bodies & faces • Earrings of shell & decorative feathers

  25. Prickly Pear Cactus Mesquite Beans Food • Ate almost anything they could find and digest • Pecans, acorns, nuts, sunflower seeds • Mesquite beans & Prickly Pear Cactus • Rabbits, turtles, snakes, lizards, deer, dogs, horses, pemmican (jerky made with meat/berries) • Spiders, ants, worms, rotten wood, deer dung • Fish and maggots! • Dirt!

  26. Homes • Brush Wickiups • Circular shape made of willow bent into dome shape • Covered with grass, brush or hides www.TexasIndians.com

  27. Customs • Shamans very important • Mitotes • Strong people known for endurance Mhln.com

  28. Jumanos Jumanos http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/regions/big_bend/big_kids/

  29. Use of Land & Water • Settled along Concho river and farmed • Hunted and gathered • Little Rainfall • Irrigation

  30. Clothing • Striped Tattoos on faces • COTTON tunics • Capes or cloaks • Color feathers • Yucca Sandals

  31. Pinon Nuts Gourds Mequite Beans Squash www.glennwalter.com/honey_mesquite_tree.htm Food • Pinon nuts, mesquite beans & squash • Pottery and gourds to cook • Buffalo

  32. Homes • Pueblos made of stone or adobe (sun-dried mud) • Square flat roofs partially underground www.texasbeyondhistory.net/firecracker/index.html

  33. Customs • Striped facial tattoos = peaceful trader (Middlemen) • Special house for visitors • Heads bowed = “welcome” • Arrows were so well-made Eastern tribes were eager to trade Mhln.com

  34. Kiowa Comanche Wichita Tonkawa Caddo Mescalero Apache Jumano Lipan Apache Atakapan Karankawas Concho Coahuiltecans

  35. Interactive Websites • How many ways to use a buffalo: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/buffalo.html • Buffalo Matching Game: http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/buffalo/matching/tail.html • World of the Caddo: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/caddo/index.html • Talking Hands http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/kids/talking/index.html • Imagine It: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/imagine.html

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