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Region
The Jumanos lived in the Mountains and Basins region of Texas. They lived in the west corner along the Rio Grande and the Río Conchos. Many of the Jumanos lived near the Diablo Plateau in the North of the region. The region gets less than 8 in. of rain a year making their rivers a very important source of water. Though during the day it is a blazing hot environment, the night is a cool breeze.

Resources
Resources often ran low for the Jumanos, the Buffalo they hunted were used to the bone. The skin could be used for clothing and shelter, while the inside could feed the village. Eventually the buffalo died off from being over-hunted making the Indians shy a few also. The water for the Indians came from the Rio Grande this was a major resource that still exists today.

Homes
Some Jumano were nomadic and lived in tepees. We know this because there have been stone circles found which are commonly found around the temporary house. The Jumanos who lived in permanent homes built there homes out of reeds or sticks. The adobe houses often told of were only known of in New Mexico.

Where are they Now?
Something very important to know about the Jumanos is that they dissapeared because of many factors. Many people believe that there was never a large amount of Jumano, they may have lived in bands that have their own culture and language. Disease was also spread throughout the tribe from the Europeans. Some Jumano were enslaved and forced to work in the Spanish silver mines. In the end the Apaches raided them and were pushed onto reservations until there were so few that they were known as a "former tribe." About 300 Jumano still live today.

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