Lake Naconiche and Lake Naconiche and The Loss Of Cultural The Loss Of Cultural

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By: Jennifer HarveyBy: Jennifer Harvey

12/03/0812/03/08

Site is approximately 1200 acres

600 acres of that planned for the lake

Set on the convergence site of Naconiche and Telesco Creek

Impounding of the Creeks by an embankment dam will establish Lake Naconiche

The Texas Caddo

• East Texas Indian Tribes

• Hasinai (Tejas) Group occupied the area of present day Nacogdoches

• In fact the city of Nacogdoches was built over the largest of the old Hasinai villages

• Sedimentary Farmers

• “Texas” is derived from a Caddoan word meaning: Those who are friends

About The Caddo

• Caddo are thought to have been the most advanced of the Indians in Texas.

• Their villages were built along river and creek bottoms which supplied irrigation systems for their crops.

The End

A Special Thanks To…

Jeff Williams

and

Helen Marx… if the school paid overtime she’d

be a rich woman