Learn about Texas Indian

Text and Editorial Direction by Georg Zappler, Art Director Elena T. Ivy, Consulting Editor Juliann Pool

Explore Native American Cultures! by Anita Yasuda and Jennifer K. Keller

A Visual Dictionary of Native Communities by Bobbie Kalman

Tools of Native Americans: A Kid's Guide to the History & Culture of the First Americans by Kim Kavin

American Indans in Texas by Sandy Phan

Los indegenas americanos de Texas:conflictoy supervivencia by Sandy Phan

Texas Native American Tribes

Britannica School Elementary

correlated standards: 

• Caddo
• Apache
• Comanche
• Native Americans, or American Indians
  • not specific to Texas
  • Early Peoples of the Americas
  • North America Peoples
  • Native Americans and Europeans (TEK)

• Cheyenne War Dance
• Cherokee Welcome Song
• Natay Navajo Squaw Dance
• Navajo Bow and Arrow Dance

Learn about Texas Regions

An interactive map from Texas Parks and Wildlife providing information about each region of Texas. Topics include physical features of the area, vegetation, wildlife, and history

Link to Download image

18th Century Map

Videos from AITSCM

Apache by Sarah Tieke

Publication Date: 2014-08-01

• Apache: History

  Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth. "Apache: History." Apache, edited by Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth, Blackbirch Press, 2004. Tribes of Native America. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Apache Customs

  Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth. "Apache: Customs." Apache, edited by Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth, Blackbirch Press, 2004. Tribes of Native America. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Apache

  "Apache." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2019. Accessed 13 May. 2019.

Caddo by Barbara Gray-Kanatiiosh

Los Caddo y los Comanche : tribus indígenas americanas de Texas by Sandy Phan

• Caddo Facts
• Caddo Cultures in Texas
• Tracing roots to Spiro...from the caddo

  Burrows, Tracy Newkumet. "Tracing roots to Spiro ... from the caddo." Dig Into History, Oct. 2015, p. 30. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Caddo

  "Caddo." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.

• Comanche Tribe
• Comanche Fact Sheet
• Comanche

  "Comanche." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Comanche: History

  Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth. "Comanche: History." Comanche, edited by Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth, Blackbirch Press, 2004. Tribes of Native America. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Comanche: Customs

  Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth. "Comanche: Customs." Comanche, edited by Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth, Blackbirch Press, 2004. Tribes of Native America. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.
• Comanche: Daily Life

  Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth. "Comanche: Daily Life." Comanche, edited by Marla Felkins Ryan and Linda Schmittroth, Blackbirch Press, 2004. Tribes of Native America. Kids InfoBits. Accessed 30 Nov. 2018.

The Jumano

Jumano Indians

• Karankawa Indians
• The Karankawa

Kickapoo

• Texas State Handbook - Karankawa
• Texas State Handbook - Jumano
• Texas State Handbook - Caddo
• Texas State Handbook - Apache
• Texas Beyond History - UT - Apache
• Texas Beyond History - UT - Caddo
• Texas Beyond History - UT - Jumano
• La Vere, David. The Texas Indians. Vol. 1st ed, Texas A&M University Press, 2004

Reserving a Tex Kit from Institute of Texan Cultures

New 2017 Book Series: Texas, My State: Native Peoples

available from Follett, 

Includes: 

The Alabama-Coushatta by Edge, Laura Bufano (#0802ZX4)

The Caddo by Lanier, Wendy H (#0803AX9)

The Jumano by Lanier, Wendy H (#0803BX6)

The Karankawa by Edge, Laura Bufano (#0803CX3)

The Kickapoo by Lanier, Wendy H (#0803DX0)

Lipan Apache by Edge, Laura Bufano (#0803EX8)

The Tigua by Lanier, Wendy H (#0803FX5)