The Wichita Indians. Your name here. as sponsor of this page. The Wichita Indiansby Rebecca Brush. Back to the Texas Indians. Wee- Ta- Ra- Sha- Ro, Head Chief of the Wichita. Painted. by George Catlin in 1. PAYPALSupport Texas. Indians. It costs to keep things going. The first white men to ever see and. Wichita were Coronado and the men of his expedition. Francisco Vazques de Coronado was a Spanish. He explored the American Southwest in the early 1. Coronado came across the Wichita in 1. Great Bend. area of the Arkansas River in what is now south- central Kansas. That was. a long time ago- -over 4. Coronado says of these people: . All they have is the tanned skins of the cattle they kill, for the. They eat meat raw. Querechos . They are enemies. These people of Quivira have the advantage over the others. For example. what did we learn of the houses they lived in? What. are the cattle they hunted, ate raw, and tanned the skins of? Did they. live totally off of the meat they hunted? Can you picture the kinds of. What kind of neighbors did they have? Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat.Could they travel. What was the name of the town. Were they like other people living in the area? The written. accounts of early explorers can tell us a whole bunch about how the native. Don t you think so? The Wichita are called a tribe, but. There was a proper Wichita tribe with a chief and. Then there were independent subtribes or bands who spoke Wichita. Wichita culture. The tribes called the Wacos and the Tawakonis. Taovayas, the Tawehash, the Yscani and the Kichai are not tribes at. They are all bands, bands that are part of the Wichita culture and. Wichita lifestyle. Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Federal Recognition Status with BIA Summary. Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of MT (#31). If you are confused by all this tribe and. Read Me First page. What was the Wichita culture? Well. they spoke a language called, surprisingly, Wichita. Indian Basketball Preview. B103 and FCTV visited basketball practice last week to interview the Pawnee City Boys and Girls Teams and coaches to talk about the. In the United States, Native Americans also known as American Indians or just simply Indians are considered to be people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous. Chief Little Crow was the eldest son of Cetanwakuwa (Charging Hawk). It was on account of his father's name, mistranslated Crow, that he was called by the whites. Information about the Chickasaw Indians for students and teachers. Facts about Chickasaw Indian food, clothing, houses, artifacts, and customs of the Chickasaw people. North American Indians (also Native Americans) are the original inhabitants of the Americas. The Native Americans of North America are typically considered. Long Island's Home Court Advantage! Everything that has anything to do with basketball on Long Island. Nassau County, Suffolk County, high school, AAU. Get breaking news on New Jersey high school, college and professional sports. Find scores, statistics, photos, videos and join the forum discussions at NJ.com. They are part of a. Caddoan. As a matter of fact, the people who. Wichita language is. Plains Caddoan languages. The other two Plains Caddoan. Pawnee and Kichai. Before the Wichita came to Texas, they. This means they had farms and villages. From spring until fall they lived. And get this; even though they lived near several rivers, the. Wichita did not eat fish. In the fall until spring, the Wichita would close. Then, in the. spring they would return to the village and plant crops again. While they were in the village, the. Wichita lived in grass houses. These houses were made of forked cedar poles. You may. think that this kind of house is not very good. However, these houses were. A Wichita grass house. Painted. by George Catlin in 1. A Wichita grass hut around 1. Notice the. thatched shelter behind the round hut. This is probably a summer house. Early explorers. have described them as being 1. Look in the. Caddoan page to find pictures of these kind of houses. Each house had 1. In the center. of the roof was a small hole to let out the smoke from the fire which was. There was also a kitchen. Not like the ones we have today, of course, but it was. Bet you know what the tepees were made. Near the house was an arbor. Do you. know what an arbor is? Well, its made of four poles and has a rectangular. The roof and walls. The arbor provided shade. Other arbors were used to dry. The Wichita braided the pumpkin strips. Can imagine how hard it would be to braid pumpkin? One curious thing noted by early whites. Wichita was that even though they sometimes acted like. Plains Indians, they didn' t look much like them. George Catlin was a very. America and lived with different Indians. Well, in 1. 83. 4 he went. Colonel Henry Dodge and his Dragoon Expedition. They came across the. Wichita living on the Red River. He painted a few pictures of them and. Plains Indians because they were darker. He also said they had many tattoos on their faces. Even the women, who Catlin thought were pretty, had a bunch. These tattoos are not like you might think. They weren t like. They were not of animals or people. All the Wichita s tattoos were lines, both solid. The Wichita even called themselves the raccoon- eyed. The kind of clothes. The Wichita wore clothes made of tanned. The men wore shirts and loin cloths and leggings. Both men and women. The women wore dresses that reached from their chin to. Often the women decorated their dresses with long rows of. Elk teeth were considered very valuable among the Wichita. They. may have been used as trade items with neighboring tribes. Archeologists have found evidence that. Wichita had been involved in trade since way. European explorers came. We know that after they moved. Texas they were trading with Southern Plains Indians on both sides of. Red River. They even traded with Indians as far down in central Texas. Waco. White traders would trade with the Indians in Waco and take the. Mississippi River. That is why we may find an item belonging. Wichita in Mississippi today. Archeologists know how to tell if. What do you think the Wichita were trading? They could easily have been trading. Maybe even tanned hides or arrowheads. We know. for certain they were trading buffalo robes. Buffalo robes were very special. You can see. why buffalo robes would be in great demand among other tribes and back. Europe. We also suspect that the Wichita may have been trading something. Bois de Arc wooden bows. Bois de Arc is a kind of tree. The wood. from the Bois de Arc tree is very strong and flexible. Can you see why. this would be a good kind of wood for a bow? The Wichita lived in area. Bois de Arc trees grew. We know they were making bows from this. Whatever it was. they traded, it was probably something that someone had great skill in. We wouldn't buy food that didn' t taste good or was improperly. Nor would we buy a tool that didn' t last very long. In Wichita culture, both the men and women had their. This is called a division of labor. The women, on the other had, did much of the stuff needed. Women were responsible for tanning. Sounds like the women. Would you have liked to grow up with. Wichita? The kids had a great life. They didn't. have school like we do. They learned what they needed to survive from their. When children were under the age of. This sounds good to me. After age three. they were either scolded by their moms or punished by a non- relative. If. a mom asked a non- relative to punished her rotten child, the non- relative. The mom. was forbidden to interfere after asking for help. This sounds kinda scary. Children were raised by their moms until. Then, the boys were taught. The boys and girls also received. But. they didn't call them their aunts and uncles. They had different names. You see, the Wichita don t have a kinship system like we do. Kinships. systems can become very confusing for us when studying different cultures. I ll give you a brief description of what the Wichita kinship system. All the brothers and sisters of a child s father (or what would. Wichita child. A moms sisters were also called mother, but her brothers. All of a father s brother s children (or what would. Wichita child. Well, let me try harder then. A father. called his brothers children our children , but called his sister s children. A mom called both her sister s and brother s children. Pretty confusing isn t it. The main thing is, if you were. Wichita child, you had several dads and moms to learn from and a whole. Pretty neat, huh? Those brothers and sisters weren't just. You see, when you grew up they were great. If you were a women, your sisters helped you with the. If you were a man, your brothers. War parties, Plains Indians style, consisted. That s all it took to be the leader. You just went up to the other. Hey fellas, I d like to lead a war party. The war parties were never very. Men gained prestige in war so it was important for them to lead successful. The Wichita counted coup. Do you know what this means? Well. it means they won favor from just being able to get close enough to touch. Imagine the feelings of the warrior who got touched. I. would not want to be in his shoes. The Wichita also gained prestige by. And, when they got back from a successful. In the. winter, the warriors would sit around the fire and tell many tales of their. What happened to the war party leaders. Well, after the war or raiding was done, they were. They gained prestige, but not power over the. However, all warriors together had some control over things. In the Wichita tribe proper (not the little. The chief mostly. The Wichita also. He was called The- One- Who- Locates, because his main duty. Both the chief. and subchief had their own followers. The warriors made sure that neither. Being a chief was. It was kinda more like being. If you were a chief, you often had to talk things over with. And, if you were a. Well, if you planned to follow in your father s footsteps. You had to be brave, generous. Besides chiefs and subchiefs, the Wichita. These religious leaders are called Shamans. The Shamans. are very important people. Sometimes we hear them referred to as medicine. So, we have Chiefs, Subchiefs and Shamans, who do you think kept the. Did they have a police force like we do? A. person was kept in line by his relatives. Remember, their families were. If you messed up, you had to answer to a whole. And believe me, it was very wise to stay in good favor. Remember, your relatives were often your best supporters. Especially if you were a warrior. What do you think these war parties. Seems to me there. Well. there was for the Wichita. They raided their neighbors for captives and. When the French first came across the Wichita. After. they came to Texas they really got into raiding full force cause they started. Comanche. In 1. 70. Texas was. under Spanish rule. This is when the Wichita came into the area. They moved. here because other Indians, like the Osage, were very hostile and wanted. Some of them came as far into Texas as where the town of Waco. Did you know that Waco got its name from a subtribe of the Wichita? They. lived on the Red River in a place called Spanish Fort. After they moved. Texas they became friends with the powerful Comanche. Everyone was afraid. Comanche so, the Wichita were glad to have them as friends. One time, when the Comanche were visiting.
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