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1. Painting - ALLIGATOR HUNT The dugout canoe was the tradition in the Southeast Woodland culture. The Caddo, like other groups, supplemented farming with gathering, fishing, and hunting. Alligators were an abundant game source.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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2. Painting - CADDO CHIEF GREETING THE SUN-1200 AD The painting depicts the Caddo Mounds site when it was still an active center. The Caddo had an upper class of priests and leaders whose duty it was to preform rituals to keep the forces of nature in balance and maintain an environment of prosperity for the people. Eagle feathers were important instruments in the rituals.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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3. Painting - FACIAL TATTOOS Facial tattoos were very common among a large range of Native American cultures, including the Caddo. They could mark things like tribal group, accomplishments, and stage in life. They were banned in the early twentieth century but are being revived today, especially among women.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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4. Painting - SULPHUR FORK FACTORY This was a federal trading post established 1818 on Sulphur Fork just upstream from its junction with the Red River in southwestern Arkansas. This was the land of the Kadohadacho Confederation of the Caddo people, but many tribes expelled from the Southeastern U.S. lived near the area and all traded at the factory. It closed in 1822 when the federal government decided to turn all trade with Native people over to private traders.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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5. Painting - VILLAGE SCENE A typical Caddo village day from around the time of European contact: women treating hide, pounding corn for cornmeal, and harvesting corn while their children play. The Caddo tanning process made their leather black.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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6. Painting - WOMAN AND CHILD WITH SHOTGUN, FISHING POLE, AND BASKET This scene from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century represents the way Native people of the Southeast Woodlands culture supplemented their farming sources of food by hunting, fishing, and gathering.

   McCrocklin, Claude

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