Nacono

TheNaconowere aNative Americantribe from easternTexas.Today they are part of theCaddo Nation of Oklahoma,afederally recognized tribeinOklahoma.

History

The Nacono were part of theHasinaibranch of theCaddo Confederacy.They historically lived in villages along theNechesandAngelina Rivers,near present-dayCherokeeandHouston Counties.Their environment includes mixed woodlands andsavannas.

Early 18th century Spanish explorerDomingo Ramonrecorded his observations of the Nocono in his 1716 Diary. He observed that the tribe lived near theSan Francisco de los Neches Mission.Another Spanish explorer, Juan Antonio de la Pena wrote in 1721 that the Nacono village, that he called El Macono, was located five leagues below the Neches crossing.Together with 11 to 30 historical communities, including theNadaco,theHainai,and theNacogdoche,the Nacono formed theHasinai confederacy,which evolved into the greaterCaddo confederacy.These confederacies are thought to have formed due to upheavals, depopulation, and migrations caused by European diseases and increased conflicts in the region in the 17th century.

Names

The tribe is also known as the Naconish,Macono, Naconome, and Nocono.The Lacane, Nacachau, Nacao (Nacau), Naconicho (Nacaniche), and Nakanawan peoples might have been divisions of the Nacono tribe.

References

• Bolton, Herbet E.The Hasinais: Southern Caddoans As Seen by the Earliest Europeans.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.ISBN978-0-8061-3441-3.
• Early, Ann M. "The Caddoes of the Trans-Mississippi South." McEwan, Bonnie G., ed.Indians of the Great Southeast: Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory.Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.ISBN0-8130-1778-5
• Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor.Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast.Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004.ISBN0-16-072300-0.

External links

• Nacono Indians,from Handbook of Texas Online