Tigua

By

Connor and Tagen

I. Location and Government

• They were coming with Spanish settlers and moved to El Paso.

• They had four ranks. One is the chief and medicine man.

• Next the war chief and three other ranks.

II. Homes

• They lived in homes called pueblos.

• Pueblos are like apartments'.

• They had three or more stories.

• Before the Tiguas lived in pueblos they lived in huts.

III. How They Lived • The Tiguas were farmers. • They grew corn.• The men cleared the fields and dug ditches to bring water from Rio

Grande to the fields. • They had no problems with droughts.• Tigua men also hunted wild game to add to their food supply and

they raised sheep.• The women planted the fields with corn , beans, melons, and

squash. • Women also grew cotton which they used to make clothes along

with the wool from their sheep.• Children worked with their mothers in the fields.• The mothers and girls also gathered food for their diet.• The Tiguas also made pottery.

IV. Beliefs

• The Tiguas believed that they came out of the ground.• The legend says a badger dug a hole.• From the hole a Tigua grabbed a spruce tree and the Tiguas

used it to clime out of the hole.• When they met the Spanish they took on many Christian

beliefs• They mix these Christians ideas with their own.• Their celebrations revolved around their crops and hunt.

• They celebrated ST. Anthony and God.• Tiguas celebrated big on June 13th every year.

V… Summary

• The Tiguas were a small group of Natives that came from the west into Texas with the Spanish.

• They were farmers.

• They brought water from the Rio Grande to their fields.

• They never worried about droughts.

• They hunted and gathered