Stephanie Padilla

Chicanos Studies (Section 7820)

Sunday February 23, 2014
ndi!enous "roups in the #nited States
$urin! the 17
th
century %any indi!enous !roups ca%e to the #nited States&
'ne indi!enous !roup that ca%e to the #nited stated and (ere located (here today
in the center o) *ri+ona are the ,hite -ountain *paches.& /hey ca%e in the #nited
Stated durin! the 17
th
and 18
th
century& *nother !roup that ca%e to the #nited
States (as the Co%aches ndians& ,hen the Co%aches 0rst ca%e to the #nited
States they ca%e and %i!rated into the state o) /a1es& n /e1as they (ere the
(orriers o) trade )airs& /he last ndi!enous !roup that ca%e to the #nited States (as
the Pa(nee.s& /he Pa(nee.s 0rst )ound in 2ebras3a& /he Pa(nee.s (ere si%ilar to
the *paches because they planted their o(n crops to be able to eat and trade&
'ne %a4or !roup that (as indi!enous to the present day o) the #nited States
in the South(est (as the ,hite -ountain *pache& /he ,hite -ountain *pache (ere
0rst seen here in the #nited States durin! the 17
th
and 18
th
centuries& /hey (ere
settles (here today is the 5ast Central o) *ri+ona& /he ,hite -ountain *pache li6ed
(ithin !roups o) their o(n tribe& /he ,hite -ountain *paches. are one o) se6eral
di7erent types o) the *pache tribes they are %ost closely related to the 8a6apai
2ation& /he ,hite -ountain *pache (ere no%adic )ar%er (ho planted corn, beans,
s9uash, and other crops to be able to eat and sur6i6e& 'ne thin! that the ,hite
*paches. (ere doin! (as that they (ere occupyin! (ith the touris% to support their
tribes. econo%y, they constructed da%s and la3es )or 0shin! and huntin!& /he (ay
their culture dresses (as that they painted and co6ered their )ace and dressed (ith
ani%al s3in and (ore )eathers in their hair or clothin! they also co6ered (ic3iups
(ith ani%al s3in& So%ethin! that they ,hite -ountain *paches. )eared (as death&
*nother !roup that (as indi!enous to the #nited States durin! the 17
th
and
18
th
century (as the Co%aches& /he Co%aches (ere once part o) the Shoshone
ndians& /hen the Co%aches beca%e the (orriers o) the trade )airs in the cities o)
/aos and in Santa Fe (here no its 2e( -e1ico& /he Co%aches co%e )ro% the up
2orth o) ,yo%in! but the %o6ed and li6ed in the South plains e1tended do(n to
2ebras3a and the north part o) /e1as& So%e Co%aches spo3e the lan!ua!e o)
Spanish and others spo3e French& /he Co%aches are one o) the %ost historical
i%portant ndians in /e1as& So%e o) the Co%aches ndians (ere 3no(n )or the
people (ho stole and sole horses and that sold the (o%en and children they (ould
3idnap&
:ast another %a4or indi!enous !roup that ca%e to the #nited States (ere the
Pa(nee.s& /he Pa(nee.s (ere )ound alon! the Platte, :oup, and the ;epublican
;i6er (hich is 2ebras3a& /hey are also )ound her in '3laho%a today& /he Pa(nee.s
spea3 Coddan this (hich is the nati6e lan!ua!e )or the Pa(nees.& /he Pa(nee.s are
also 3no(n )or Paneassa, Pari, or the Pa(nees& /he Pa(nees o)ten called
the%sel6es <Chatic3s=si=chatc3s> this ter% %eans %en o) %en& n able to sur6i6e
the Pa(nees (ould plant crops& /hey (ould plant -ai+e, beans, Pu%p3in, and
s9uash& -any o) the (o%en (ould do the labor (or3 around their house (hile %any
o) the youn! ladies (ould learn by (atchin!& /he Pa(nees. had their o(n culture
(hich (as that they (ould preach to !od )or their crops& *nother thin!s that they
(ould they (ould do is that they (ould plant their crops in the order the stars (ere
located in the s3y&
'6erall, the indi!enous !roups that ca%e to the #nited States durin! the 17
th

and 18
th
(ere ,hite -ountain *pache.s, /he Co%ache.s and the Pa(nee.s& *ll these
indi!enous !roups (ere all !roups that li6ed in the south(est o) the #nited Stated&
/hey li6ed in cities that bac3 in the 17
th
and 18
th
century e1isted and no( they don.t
or they ha6e di7erent na%es& -any o) these indi!enous !roups planted crops )or
)ood or )or trade& *lthou!h all these indi!enous !roups li6ed in the south(est they
had their o(n lan!ua!e and they did not all spea3 the sa%e lan!ua!e as the others&
Apaches
http?@@!randcanyonhistory&clas&asu&edu@historyAnati6eculturesA(hite%ountain
apache&ht%l
where they lived:
Comaches
http://www.texasindians.com/comanche.htm
Pawnees
http://www.indians.org/articles/pawnee-indians.html