The Role Of Hunting In The Caddo Tribe

What does your daily life consist of? As a hunter in the Caddo tribe, I have to go out and find food for my tribe and family every day- because I do not want my family to starve. Usually, the animals I hunt are deer and the occasional buffalo. How does your tribe’s religious beliefs tie into your everyday job? Every day, we celebrate and honor animal spirits, and the forces of nature. The night before a deer hunt, our priest performs a ceremony involving a deer head and antlers. If the hunt is successful, we wait to butcher our kill until the priest whispers in the deer’s ear.
Where do you get your clothes from? The clothes we wear are called breechcloths, which are made from bark fabric or animal skin. The women wear a knee-length skirt, which is made from animal skin or bark fabric as well. We paint our faces for special occasions, and decorate our bodies with piercings and tattoos.
The house I live in is a round hut that is ideal for all the weather conditions. It has a hole in the top, for smoke to rise, but the hole can still be covered.
How do you build your home? My home, which is called a Wigwam, is made from soaking wood for days in a row. Slowly, we’d bend the wood so it curves at the top, and do that to every piece we need for the home. Once that is finished, we put leaves to cover the sides and top, and leave a hole open at the very center on top for smoke to come out.
What animals do you eat? My tribe eats animals from rabbits to buffalo. We usually are able to find a deer out in the grass, which is good. Sometimes- rarely- we find a buffalo roaming around, which makes for a plentiful feast. The buffalo is also good for houses and