THE PUEBLOAN TRIBES
PUEBLOAN TRIBES
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Pueblo Cultures go back
8,000 years
Survived very harsh
conditions
Built and lived in
Pueblos
Skilled desert farmers
Traded with other
Indians and Spaniards
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PUEBLOAN TRIBES
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Jumano
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Conchos
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Tiguas
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JUMANO
JUMANO
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Settled on land between
the Pecos and Rio
Grande Rivers
 Lived in pueblos made
of adobe
(mix of wet clay and straw
that is made into bricks
and dried in the sun)
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FOOD SOURCES
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Grew corn, beans, and squash
Gathered Wild Plants
Traded crops with Plains
Indians for animal hides, meat,
wild nuts and beans
Among first Indians to have
horses
Driven out of their lands toward
Rio Grande by Apaches
JUMANO
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CONCHOS
CONCHOS
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Lived south of Jumanos
near present day Presidio,
Texas
Only one band, The Chizos
lived in Texas. Most
Concho tribes lived in
Mexico
Allies of the Jumanos
Fought Spanish together
Disappeared in the late
1600’s
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FOOD SOURCE
Grew Corn, Squash, Beans
 Gathered wild plants
(nuts, berries, roots, cactus)
 Hunted small game
 Fished
 Women Farmed
 Men Hunted/Fished
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CONCHOS
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HOUSING
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Lived in huts covered with
grass or animal skins
CONCHOS
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TIGUAS
TIGUAS
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Oldest living tribe living
in Texas today
Came from New Mexico
in 1680
Settled in the towns of
Ysleta and El Paso
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FOOD
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Grew Corn, Squash, Beans
Hunted small game
Gathered wild plants
Both men and women
farmed
Stored and cooked food in
clay pottery
TIGUAS
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HOUSING /FACTS
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Lived in Pueblos
Chief served as religious
leader
Performed special
ceremonies (Rain Dance)
Adopted many Spanish
customs including the
Roman Catholic faith
TIGUAS
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PUEBLOAN TRIBES