The Coahuiltecans

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The Coahuiltecans

• Created by
• Priscilla Bechtel and Joey Hernandez

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I. Location and Government

• The Coahuiltecans lived on the inland areas of
  the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain.
• There was no land to farm ,so these Natives were
  primitive hunters and gathers.
• It was governed by a chief or headsman.
• Each band also had a shaman.

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II. How They Lived

• Life was very hard, probably the hardest of all
  the Native Texas Tribes.
• This meant that they ate anything they could
  find. This included prickly pears,
  mesquite beans, snakes, lizards, grub, nuts,
  rabbit, deer, javelina and anything else they
  could find.
• There tools were mostly made of flint but they
  had all-purpose stick tool made of wood.

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III. How they Dressed

• They primarily wore breechcloths or loincloths
  witch they liked to decorate with animal teeth,
  seeds, and anything else they could find.
• They wore cloaks or robes made from animal skins.
• Women did most of the work.
• This is because the men were in constant search
  for food.

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IV. Beliefs

• Individual band members had their own personal
  beliefs.
• Shamans did hold religious like ceremonies for
  special events.
• In this ceremony's the child is tattooed by the
  shaman.
• Marriages were arranged by the groom
• and the brides parents.
• Mourners sometimes starved to death because they
  did not search for food during this period and
  had to depend on others to eat.

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V. Summary

• The Coahuiltecans were a very adaptable tribal
  group.
• They managed to survive off the last productive
  land in Texas.
• They used whatever was available to them.