Directions:  Use resources including books and the links on the right side of this page to answer the following questions about the Tigua Tribe.

1.  In which part of the mountains and basins region did they live?

They lived in what is now El Paso. 

2.  What types of landforms, climate and natural resources are located where they settled?

plains,mountains,basins,hot, dry,grass,sand, water and trees.

3.Were they  gathers,farmers or hunters?  Whay did they eat? 

  they were farmers and hunters. They ate corn,beans,melons,squash,wild turkey.

4.  What type of shelter did they live in?  Did they use the natural resources around them to build their shelter?

     They lived in a traditional pueblo homes.Thet used mud and branches.

5.  What system of government did the Native Texan group have?  How did they govern themselves?