Caddo Tribe
Caddo Clothing
The women and men made clothes out of deer and elk hide. The men wore breach cloths and leggings and usually went shirtless. Both men and women wore moccasins and earrings. The women would scrap meat off the deer and elk hide. Then they would tan it. Next they would use bone needles and they would use sinew thread to sew it together.
Caddo Food
The women were farmers and made cornbread, soups, stews,crops of corn,beans,pumpkins, and sun flower seeds. The men were hunters so they cooked and ate meat.
Caddo Housing
Caddo houses are 15 feet high and 20 to 50 feet across.The Caddo made the house frame with wooden poles then they tied sapling poles on the wood poles finally they covered it with wooven mats. They lived in the South East corner Oklahoma.
Caddo daily life of men and women
Caddo men hunted and fought in wars.Caddo women were farmers and took care of the children and cooking.Caddo men and women made pottery.
Caddo language
Chaknina means place of crying.
Kadohadacho means true chiefs.
above is a (fish) batah.
Kadohadacho means true chiefs.
above is a (fish) batah.
this is a (wolf) tahshah
Caddo language is called caddoan
raccoon-ut
eagle-iwi
snake-kikah
turtle-chayah
mouse/rat-dat
raccoon-ut
eagle-iwi
snake-kikah
turtle-chayah
mouse/rat-dat
Caddo Chiefs
Caddo chiefs would ride on his subjets shoulders. Caddo chiefs are picked by warriors.
Caddo fun and celabratons
For three days the Caddo tribe ate pie,did a jig and sang a hucoola. They would make and play with dolls.
How does the past affect the future?
The Caddo affected our world today by creating tools, clothes, and food that we use everyday.