Texas History 7 Enduring Understandings Video: Native Geography influences the development of cultures and settlement Americans of Texas-M patterns. A culture’s development is dependent upon its ability to adapt or modify EQ: How did geography the environment.

affect the development Concepts Important to Know and Understand

of Native American development of cultures, interactions of human and environment cultures in Texas? Broad Brush Knowledge Targeted Skills Native American cultures (Gulf Coast, Southeastern, Plains, and Pueblo) Information Literacy Collect/ Access Information

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TEKS 7.2A compare the cultures of Native Americans in Texas prior to European Colonization. 7.10A identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and analyze the consequences of the modifications.

Vocabulary adaptation, culture

Learning Target: I can compare the cultures of Native Americans in Texas. I can identify ways in which geography has affected the way Native Americans live and how they adapted to their environment.

1. Use the Cultural Adaptation PowerPoint to label the map of Native American groups of Texas. Complete the chart with the information from the Native Americans of Texas videos.

 Plains  Southeastern  Gulf Coast  Pueblo

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Government, Clothing and Culture Group Food Housing Beliefs, and Appearance Adaptations

Southeastern Corn Wickiups made of loin cloth with -Trotline for Caddo Beans sticks and grass animal skins fishing (Texas name Squash (willow poles with tatooing -Tried to scare off comes from the Nuts grass, basket Spanish by Caddo, Tejas- Deer weave pattern, bee laughing and which means Berries hived shaped, fire yelling friend or ally) Fishing pit in the center) -Villages- Buffalo organized, confederacy, councils, women in charge -Class system -Burial mounds -Farming tools -Trading -Cried when greeting or parting

Pueblo Corn, beans, native Pueblo houses loin cloth and Irrigation Jumano desert plants, and made of adobe leggings squash (single story, partly sandals made Pottery underground) of yucca mud “hats” to Trading keep cool Friendly- welcomed strangers

Villages dugout canoes Gulf Coast fish and shellfish Wickiups loin cloth and -mitotes-dance Karankawa wild rice (small poles with animal hides- ceremonies followed game, palm leaves tied half dressed -used oil to plants, and sea life over them, mobile moss clothes waterproof pots in season houses folded up for cooler -alligator grease like an umbrella) weather that acts as an cane piercing insect repellant red clay body -(Cabeza de paint Vaca-cannibals- tall-6 feet eat enemies kids after battle, others sold) Loved kids-if child died mourned for a year

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Plains buffalo buffalo hide tipis buffalo and expert Comanche smaller game deer hide horsemen berries feathers “Lord of the jerky tattoos Plains” pemmican beading Council of moccasins Chiefs face and body Organized painting Family important Prayers for bringing buffalo back and good hunting Platform burials Vision quests

Government, Clothing and Culture Group Food Housing Beliefs, and Appearance Adaptations corn, beans, Southeastern squash, Grass hut similar loin cloths Moats Wichita pumpkin to the Caddo. moccasins Clay pots buffalo (bee hived shaped tattooed Leather bags pemmican like Caddos, spirit raccoon eyes Part of Brazos jerky doors, water stops Indians-Waco by door). -Cradle Boards -Councils Organized -Family very important -Spirit Doors -Religious ceremonies -confedercies -Small bands or Gulf Coast Worms, lizards, Temporary loin cloth and groups . Coahuiltecan ants, snakes, dwellings made of animal hides -Shaman’s led plants, cactus sticks and grass or no clothes religious Deer, bison, rabbit shawls ceremonies and javelina care of sick Second -Endurance-could Harvest run and run Spider and -equal status for termites men and women Mesquite and -Dirt Soap agave

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Killed female enemies babies

Plains Buffalo, deer Tipis for buffalo and deer -Expert Horsemen Apache Some farmed warriors on hide -Earth was sacred hunts face and body (type of religion) Wickiups painting (made of long hair on one branches and side hides) men plucked all facial hair pierced ears

3. In the space below, draw four squares, one square for each culture group. In each square, write examples of how the group adapted to or used the environment to help them survive. List all adaptions for each cultural tribe group

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