Title: The Caddo chiefdoms
First published: 1998
Description: For centuries, the Caddos occupied the southern prairies and woodlands across portions of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Organized into powerful chiefdoms during the Mississippian period, Caddo society was highly ceremonial, revolving around priest-chiefs, trade in exotic items, and the periodic construction of mounds. Their distinctive heritage helped the Caddos to adapt after the European invasion and to remain the dominant political and economic power in the region.

New ideas, peoples, and commodities were incorporated into their cultural framework. The Caddos persisted and for a time even thrived, despite continual raids by the Osages and Choctaws, decimation by diseases, and escalating pressures from the French and Spanish. This study offers the most complete accounting available of early Caddo culture and history.
Subjects: Caddo Indians, History, Politics and government, Chiefdoms, Economic conditions, Indians of north america, southwest, old, Indians of north america, history, Indians of north america, politics and government, Indians of north america, economic conditions
Places: Louisiana
LC classification: E99.C12 L3 1998