NATIVE TEXANS

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NATIVE TEXANS

• 10,000 B.C. A.D. 1850s

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Prehistoric Texans

• Most likely traveled across land bridge from Asia
  to North America
• Bering Straits

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Paleo-Indian Period

• Began about 12,000 years ago
• Used flint tipped spears to hunt mammoths,
  mastodons, and giant buffalo
• Theories about extinction of large animals
• 1. humans hunted them to extinction
• 2. environmental changes occurred as the
  ice caps melted
• 3. disease killed them off

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Archaic Period

• Began about 6,000 years ago
• People began hunting smaller animals
• They developed better weapons such as a notched
  stick called the atlatl
• They began taming dogs for helping with hauling
  and other tasks

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Late Prehistoric Period

• Began about 1500 years ago
• People began living in villages
• They began planting crops
• They began using the bow and arrow to
  successfully hunt larger animals such as buffalo
  and many small animals

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Mesoamerica
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Mayan Civilization
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Aztec Civilization
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Group Activity

• Your group must find information about at least 2
  Indian tribes from the assigned Native American
  Region.
• The six regions are
• 1. Native Texans of the Gulf Coast
• 2. Native Texans of East Texas
• 3. Native Texans of the Plains
• 4. Native Texans of North Central Texas
• 5. Native Texans of Far West
• 6. Latecomers to Texas

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Requirements for Group Presentations/Poster

• Your project must include
• Where the tribe lived (visual)
• How did the tribe get their food and what types
  of food?
• In what types of homes do they live?
• Facts about the tribe including lifestyles,
  specialized weapons, pottery, trade, or anything
  special about their tribe.
• What type of government did they have?
• 6. Did they modify their environment?

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Dilemma

• You are a Spaniard during the 1600s. You have
  traveled to the new world as a missionary to
  Christianize the natives and have decided to
  settle in the land we now know as Texas. You
  have found a perfect site but it is inhabited by
  natives who seem reluctant to accept your
  presence. What do you do?
  

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Consider the following points for your first
paragraph

• Who are you? (age, gender, occupation)
• Tell us about your family, where you are from and
  what you chose to bring with you to this new
  land. What did you leave behind?
• Describe your food, clothing, housing, religion,
  and government.

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Second Paragraph

• Explain the historical facts you have researched
  to write your paper.
• The following film clip will show some of the
  Spanish influence on the life of Native Texans.

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Third Paragraph

• Consider the information you have researched on
  the dilemma and come to a conclusion about what
  you will do. Explain how your decision will
  affect the natives and the Spaniards now and in
  the future.

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Sources for your use

• Textbook and classroom reference books
• Library
• Texas Indian tribes www.accessgenealogy.com/native
  /texas/index.htm
• Indians and Spanish Period http//www.tsha.utexas.
  edu/handbook/online/articles/II/bzi4.html

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Primary Documents

• The Account Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación
  (Houston Arte Público Press, 1993).
• LaSalle, the Mississippi, and the Gulf Three
  Primary Documents (College Station Texas AM
  University Press, 1987)
• Documents of Texas History http//www.tamu.edu/u
  press/BOOKS/2003/wallace.htm
• Brief and True Account of Exploration of New
  Mexico http//www.americanjourneys.org/aj-006/sum
  mary/index.asp

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Objectives

• Identify the major eras in Texas History
• Describe characteristics of major eras in Texas
  History
• Identify sequence of major eras in Texas History
• Compare cultures of Native Americans in Texas
  prior to European Colonization.
• Identify ways Texans have adapted to and modified
  environment.
• Compare types and uses of technology past and
  present.
• Analyze how migration to Texas in 19th century
  has influenced Texas.
• Describe how Native Texans attempted to maintain
  their cultural heritage while adapting to larger
  Texas culture.
• 7.1 A, B 7.2A 7.10 A, B 7.11 A, B 7.17 C
  7.19 A, B 7.20A
• 7.21 A, B, C, D, H 7.22 C, D 7.23 B