Caddo
1. Sedentary (lived in one place)
2. Richest and most advanced of all Texas Indians
3. Farmers
4. Matrilineal (traced their descent only through their mother’s family)
5. Made beautiful pottery, rugs, baskets, and wall hangings that they traded
with other tribes
6. Used different fishing methods such as hooks and trotlines
7. Used modern farming methods such as crop rotation
8. Women treated with more dignity than women from other American Indian
groups
9. Members greeted outsiders with tears and wailing noises that sounded like
crying, but were friendly
10. Lived in dome-shaped huts
11. The word "Tejas" came from the Hasinai language
12. Believed in a supreme God
13. Lived in East Texas
14. Governed by confederacies (leagues of about 25 tribal groups) and led by
elected leaders
2. Richest and most advanced of all Texas Indians
3. Farmers
4. Matrilineal (traced their descent only through their mother’s family)
5. Made beautiful pottery, rugs, baskets, and wall hangings that they traded
with other tribes
6. Used different fishing methods such as hooks and trotlines
7. Used modern farming methods such as crop rotation
8. Women treated with more dignity than women from other American Indian
groups
9. Members greeted outsiders with tears and wailing noises that sounded like
crying, but were friendly
10. Lived in dome-shaped huts
11. The word "Tejas" came from the Hasinai language
12. Believed in a supreme God
13. Lived in East Texas
14. Governed by confederacies (leagues of about 25 tribal groups) and led by
elected leaders