Caddo

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Caddo

• Created by
  Jason Lopez and Britnee Curtis

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I. Location and Government.

• The Caddo live in piney woods of East Texas.
• They settled at the rivers and tributaries.
  Youll see the Caddo along the Red , Angelina ,
  Neches.
• They also had a very complicated government.
• There was a chief called the Caddi.
• Xinesi was the top chief. These men were top
  religious officials.
• They passed there position to theyre sons.

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II. Dress

• Caddo men wore breechclothes made out of deer
  skin.
• They plucked out all of their facial hair.
• The women wore deerskin skirt and buffalo robes.
• They also tattooed their bodies
• Others desinged of birds animals.

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III.Homes

• The homes or lodges looked like lot like
  beehives.
• They were framed with logs or tree branches.
• Cane was used as roofing material.
• Beds were made out of matting.
• Fires burned in the center of the lodge!
• Beds took up the most of the lodge!

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IV. How they lived

• The family was the most important to the tribe
  unit.
• When the men married they moved in with their
  wives.
• The children belong to the mothers clans.
• Women could divorce their husband by throwing the
  men stuff out of the lodge.
• They were very good traders.

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V.Beliefs

• The Caddo believed in one true Great spirit.
• They also believe in the Devil.
• There was a corn goddess, Mother Earth, and the
  scared fire god.
• The Caddo were mound builders.
• The Xinesi was the top the religious officials.

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V. Summary

• The Caddo were great farmers of Piney Woods of
  East Texas.
• They created pottery ,baskets ,mats , and other
  goods they could trade. They lived in villages.
• Government was controlled by chief who were also
  religious.
• Caddo believed in a creator.