USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS BEFORE EUROPEANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the Caddo Indian passage, a confederacy is:
A
groups of people who decide to work together for a common goal.
B
a person.
C
an economic system
D
groups of animals in a forest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Caddos interacted frequently with all the other tribes of the Southern Plains, particularly the Osage, Comanche, Kiowa, and Quapaw. Sometimes the Caddos were friendly with these tribes, trading goods and intermarrying. Other times they fought wars against each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sho-we-tat means “Little Boy” in Caddo. He was chief of the Caddo people in the mid-to-late 1800s. During the Civil War he led an all American Indian battalion for the Confederacy.

Detailed explanation-3: -When visited by Spanish and French explorers around 1700, they were organized into three allied confederacies, the Kadohadacho on the great bend of the Red River, the Natchitoches in west Louisiana, and the Hasinai in east Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the top of Caddo society were religious and political leaders who held inherited positions. These positions were normally held by men, but a few female leaders are known from historic accounts and in some high-status prehistoric tombs the principal individuals appear to have been women.

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