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Native American Tribes in Texas Tribe Region Location Shelter Food Nomadic Other Facts Temporary mesquite beans, nomads Women gathered all the food the Rio Grande dwellings made nuts, berries, Men could run all day without North to San Antonio out of mud, cacti, insects, deer, tiring, they were tough and Coahuiltecans Coastal Plains South Gulf Coast past animal skins, and rabbits, sometimes brush had great endurance buffalo, and the "second harvest" Karankawas Coastal Plains Between Corpus Small huts made fish, mollusks, nomads Used dugout canoes pushed by Christi Bay and of long sapling clams, oysters, poles; cane traps and bow and Galveston Bay trees bent over small game, and arrows for hunting; coated bodies and tied together people with alligator or shark grease to then covered ward off mospuitoes; women did with grass mats all the hard work and tattooed/ or animal skins painted their bodies; gentle with their children and love dogs; practiced canabalism Caddoes Coastal Plains Piney woods along the Angelina and Grass lodges up Deer, bears, buffalo, to 50 feet high pumpkin, beans, major chief, or caddi, who was and corn assisted by sub-chiefs; oldest Neches Rivers Permanent Lived in large villages; ruled by a woman in each family ruled that family; built huge temples and burial grounds; created rugs, baskets, and pottery which they traded Atakapans Coastal Plains Southeastern Texas & Huts Small animals, deer, Southwestern fish, roots, berries, Louisiana and shell fish nomads used dugout canoes to fish Tribe Region Alabama- Coastal Plains Trinity and Neches Coushhattas Mescalero Great Plains Location Shelter Food Nomadic Other Facts Cabins Deer, other game, Permanent Came from Alabama; were two rivers, and the Big fish, berries separate groups; skilled in Thicket vegetables, and making baskets and other fruit crafts West Texas Apache Te-pees made Buffalo nomads Raided other groups; wore high from long poles boots of soft leather to protect and buffalo hides their legs; wore headbands to absorb the sweat Lipan Apache Great Plains Southwest Texas and Te-pees and Buffalo, deer, Permanent Hunted and farmed; wore high Northern Mexico hogans maize (corn), beans, boots of soft leather to protect pumpkins, squash their legs; wore headbands to absorb the sweat Comanche Great Plains Llano Estacado Te-pees Buffalo, elk, deer, Nomads plants, roots, berries Women wore decorated buckskin dresses; skilled riders; lords of the plains; skilled traders; depended on horses; raiders; fierce warriors Kiowas Great Plains Texas Panhandle Te-pees Buffalo, elk, deer, plants, roots, berries nomads Allied with the Comanche; painted pictures of important events on their te-pees; among most feared on the plains; skilled horsemen; developed a calendar; made beaded crafts Tonkawas Coastal Plains Around present day grass houses Austin Wichitas Buffalo, deer, fish, Permanent Traded hides; helped European crawfish, clams settlers fight Comanche North Central Around present day Sturdy grass Buffalo, corn, Plains houses squash, pumpkins, 1000 people; held women in high melons, and beans regard; skilled artisans making clay Waco, Dallas, and Corsicana Permanent Lived in large villages of up to pots & jars, leather bags; chiefs enforced local rules Jumanos Mountains & El Paso to the Big Bend Adobe Houses Basins Small game, corn, Permanent Houses were bright with color; beans, squash lived in farming villages; made pottery; grew cotton to weave into clothes and blankets Tribe Region Location Shelter Food Tigua Mountains & El Paso Adobe houses Fish, corn, tomatoes, Permanent Founded community called Basins Nomadic Other Facts squash, beans, Ysleta del Sur near present day grapes, small game El Paso; grew cotton to weave into cloth for clothes, made pottery, cooked in round adobe ovens Kickapoos Cherokees Coastal plains Rio Grand River Coastal Plains Sabine, Neches, and Angelina Rivers Wikiup covered fish, deer, bear, by woven mats small game, fruits, crafted fine beadwork, grew crops, vegetables, and nuts came from Great Lakes region Log Cabins Corn, beans, Permanent Made baskets, buckskin clothes, Permanent Used metal tools; owned large pumpkins, and farms and plantations; some squash, small game, owned slaves occasional buffalo