END OF YEAR -THE FIRST TEXANS

-nomadic and hunters/gatherers

-nomadic, dependent on the buffalo, and fierce warriors

-sedentary, farmers, and lived in houses made of adobe

-Sedentary, food-rich environment and complex social systems

-Southeast, used dugout canoes to fish and hunt small animals.

-South Texas, ate bugs and small animals

-hunted small animals and fished in dugout canoes, some farming

-used every part of the buffalo, lived in tipis, domesticated animals before they were introduced to the horse by the Europeans-GREAT PLAINS

-used buffalo hide to protect themselves from the harsh landscape. For part of the year they lived in farming communities along rivers and streams called rancherias.

-Recorded their oral histories on their teepees, made beautiful crafts, developed a calendar, and most-feared group on the plains - ALLIES OF COMANCHE

-besides farming, they hunted, traded, and lived in beautiful painted adobe homes-TRADERS

-known for their beautiful pottery

-built dome shaped huts, organized government system led by a chief, women played important roles, greeted European with the word Tejas, which means friends

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