Caddo
Red River nation
The Caddo are a Native American people indigenous to the southern Great Plains and southeastern woodlands, historically centered in what is now Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
The name also designates their language, a linguistic isolate unrelated to neighboring tongues.
The Caddo Confederacy comprised several allied groups who built distinctive mound complexes and maintained extensive trade networks.
Today the Caddo Nation is a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Oklahoma: Caddo pottery traditions have been revived by contemporary artists.
Alliance for shared purpose
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- WichitaKansas's largest city
- chiefdomPolitical unit under chief
- mound buildersThose who construct earthen piles
allied tribes · East Texas · Red River · Louisiana · Oklahoma · Arkansas
Kansas's largest city
- PawneePlains-dwelling indigenous nation
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
Fired clay objects
- tattooingInjecting pigment under skin
- dugout canoeBoat hewn from timber
- farmingCultivating land for food
- burial practicesCustoms for disposing of deceased
Spanish conquistador, Mississippi explorer
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- removalAct of taking away
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
confederacy
Alliance for shared purpose
mound builders · allied tribes · East Texas · Red River · Louisiana · Oklahoma · Arkansas
Wichita
Kansas's largest city
- PawneePlains-dwelling indigenous nation
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- vocabularyOne's word collection
pottery
Fired clay objects
- tattooingInjecting pigment under skin
- dugout canoeBoat hewn from timber
- farmingCultivating land for food
De Soto
Spanish conquistador, Mississippi explorer
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- removalAct of taking away
- treatyBinding pact between nations