Different Native American groups lived in Texas long ago, such as the - Caddo, Karankawa, and Apache., The areas that are now West Texas and Southwest Texas - were home to peoples of the Puebloan culture., The Puebloan culture in Texas included two main Native American groups. - hey were the Jornada (hohr•NAH•dah) people in ancient times and the Tigua (TEE•wah), who arrived in the present-day Texas area in 1680., The Jornada - lived in Southwest Texas in ancient times. Originally they built pit houses that were partly underground and partly above ground. Later, they lived in adobe homes in the Puebloan style, The Tigua - lived originally in New Mexico but moved near present-day El Paso at the end of the 1600s. They came along with Spanish colonists who were fleeing the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico. The Tigua named their new home Ysleta, patrilineal - Property is transferred through the male members of the family today., The peoples of the Plains culture lived - on the Great Plains, a vast grassland that extends south into Texas. Herds of bison roamed the Plains, and Plains groups relied on those animals as their main source of food., tepees - their portable homes. Up to 20 tanned hides were fastened around a framework of 20 to 24 poles to make a tepee., the Jumano - One group of Native Americans was split between the Plains and the Puebloan cultures—, The Apache - speak a language similar to that of Native Americans in northwestern Canada and Alaska. For this reason scientists believe the ancestors of the Apache came from the far north and migrated south along the Rocky Mountains.,

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