Louisiana Early People

___ lived in Louisiana thousands of years before Europeans came. Scientists have classified these prehistoric people into several time periods according to their hunting and settlement practices.

• Paleo Indians

• Meso Indians

• American Indians

• Early Neo Indians

The ___ were nomads that followed the animals they hunted.

• American Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Meso Indians

• Late Neo Indians

_____ hunted smaller animals and gathered fruits and vegetables. Stayed in one place longer building homes and first mounds.

• American Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Meso Indians

• Late Neo Indians.

___ made the first pottery, lived in villages, and developed trade.

• American Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Meso Indians

• early Neo Indians

The ____ had a complex social structure and were ruled by the "Great Sun".

• Natchez

• Caddo

• Choctaw

• Houma

The______ hunted bison from horseback and also grew crops.

• Natchez

• Caddo

• Houma

• Tunica

The____ the second largest tribe in the southeast, became important allies of the French. They farmed and also traded.

• Natchez

• Tunica

• Chitimacha

• Choctaw

The ____ were driven into the marsh and swamps by the French and learned to fish and trap.

• Coushatta

• Chitimacha

• Tunica

• Houma

The ___ trading skill gave them power during the Europeans colonial days. Reservation near Marksville.

• Houma

• Tunica

• Chitimacha

• Coushatta

The ___ originally lived in South Louisiana. Only to still live on ancestral land.

• Coushatta

• Chitimacha

• Tunica

• Natchez