Karankawa Tribe
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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KARANKAWA INDIANS
BY: Lauren Bair AND Kelleigh Brooks
HOME THEY LIVED IN
- A. Small hut made of grass and wood
- B. Teepee with animal skin
- C. Mud home made of dirt and sticks
Photo by fatboyke (Luc)
GOOD JOB!
- A. Small hut made of long sapling tree trunks, limbs, and grass.
- These were usually the winter or nicer homes.
- They used animal skin on the inside for warmth too.
- During the summer the homes were made of old dry wood with some moss on the inside to keep cool
REGION
- There are four major regions of Texas.
- Coastal plains, North Central Plains, Mountain Basin, and Great Plains
- Do you know which one they lived in?
COASTAL PLAINS!
- They mostly lived near Galveston and Corpus Christi
- They were close to the Texas and Mexico border line.
- They lived close to the Tonkawa indians too
KARANKAWA INDIANS WERE HUNTERS
- Most of the men did the hunting in the tribes
- They were experts with weapons.
- For example, they used bow an arrows, spears, and flint knives.
FOOD
- Because they live near the water they ate lots of seafood
- Fish, shellfish, clam/oyster, turtles, and crawfish etc.
- Also a variety of berries, plants, and some animal/meat.
- All of these were a big part of there diet.
Photo by camknows
GOVERNMENT/SOCIAL STUCTURE
- The Karankawa indians had a very weak government structure.
- But they had groups of about 45 people headed by a chief
- They use a lot of communication with smoke signals
- The Coco, Copanes, Cujanes, Guapites, and Carancaguases were the main groups
ARTS
- The Karankawa people had lots of "body" art
- The men had lots of tattoos and piercings
- The women painted there body differently depending on wether they were married or not
