Northeast’s collection of Caddo Nation Indian artifacts was donated by Mrs. Margaret Hinton & Guaranty Bond Bank in 2011. You will see pieces of the collection on display through-out the Learning Commons building. Artifacts range from 700 AD to 1600 AD & were all found in Northeast Texas.
Did you know?
The Caddo were farmers who lived in East Texas. There were two main groups of the Caddo in Texas. One major Caddo tribe was the Kadohadacho. The Kadohadacho lived in large villages along the Red river near the present day Oklahoma - Arkansas border. The other was the Tejas or Hasinais Caddo who lived in the Northeast Texas region.
The Hasinai were made up of several tribes organized into a confederacy. They called the confederacy the Tejas. Tejas is the Spanish spelling of the Caddo word and it is pronounced Te-haas. Sound familiar? TEXAS!!! Yup, Texas is a Caddoan word. It means “those who are friends.”
Source: www.texasindians.com/caddo.htm
NTCC's Library Catalog of Resources:
Related Links:
- Interactive Map of Dig Sites
- Photos and detailed information on individual Caddo Indian Artifacts (flickr)
- CADDO INDIANS | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)
- Caddo Mounds State Historic Site | Alto, Texas| Caddo Hasinai Indians | Texas Historical Commission
- Caddo Mounds State Historic Site - YouTube
- Bulletin
- Traditions of the Caddo; collected under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington | DPLA
- Map of Texas and Adjacent Regions in the Eighteenth Century - Side: 1 of 1 . Magnified. The Portal to Texas History
- Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North - Side 1 of 1 - The Portal to Texas History
- [News Clip: Archaeology] - All ClipsThe Portal to Texas History
- Catalog Record: Traditions of the Caddo; collected under the... | Hathi Trust Digital Library
- A map of Texas and Indian Territory, 1879. | DPLA
- [Map of Texas and Indian Territory] - The Portal to Texas History