FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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They used horses to hunt buffalo.
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They migrated south for the winter.
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They made huts out of adobe.
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They ate shellfish abundant in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tigua Indians are descended from an ancient Desert Culture that evolved in the Southwest over ten thousand years ago during the late Pleistocene when a major drying period altered the region’s flora and fauna. The drier climate gradually transformed the grassy savannas into deserts with cacti and mesquite.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tigua are the only Puebloan tribe still in Texas. The main thing that sets the Puebloan Indians apart from other Indian tribes are their distinctive houses. They build Pueblos out of adobe [mud]. Their name, Pueblo, is Spanish and means “town".
Detailed explanation-3: -Hueco Tanks is a sacred place to the Tigua Indians of Ysleta del Sur and was used to provide shelter and water to Native Americans. Today, the Tigua Indians use the area for prayer and gatherings.
Detailed explanation-4: -Today the Tiguas of Ysleta del Sur occupy about twenty-six acres of trust land and live in housing built by government loans on the reservation or in the El Paso community.