THE GREAT PLAINS

By: Samuel N. And Caleal K.

NAMES OF TRIBES The Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche,

Pawnee, Shoshone,Sioux,Caddo,Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboine, Crow, Gros Ventre, Iowa, Kansas, Kiowa, Lakota, Mandan, Omaha, Osage, Oto, Ponca, Witchita, and the Mound Builders.

WHERE THEY LIVED The Great Plains lived in round earth

lodges. The land around them was all grasslands, valleys, streams, and hills. That is why they call them the Great Plains tribes. The states that they lived in were Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Montana, Arkansas, Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming. The land affected their lives by the lands being all flat so they had to go where there were hills so the wind wouldn’t chill them. If the buffalo moved the tribes had to follow their primary resource.

WHERE THEY LIVED CONT. If the water started to go scarce the

tribes would have to find more water to hydrate themselves. If the resources needed to build a certain shelter went scarce they would have to find different resources to build a different shelter.

HOW DID THEY DECIDE WHERE TO LIVE

The early Plains tribes were corn farmers as well as hunters, but once they discovered horses they mostly gave up farming. Most of there diet was meat. The plains tribes always built their huts near water. They lived in tepees on hunts. Tepees originally were about 12 ft. high, but when horses came along they built them 2x that size.

FACTS Smoke signals were another form of

communication used by the plains tribes. The Plains people did not invent the mirror. The

Plains people used the mirrors during the daytime to send signals.

To communicate with other tribes they used sign language.

The White Buffalo Women gave scared pipes to each tribe. They called these pipes medicine pipes.

Sioux warriors attacked quickly, then drew back. If a battle turned against them ,the warriors left

and preferred to return another day and fight again.

NATIVE TRIBES VS. TODAY The tribes are different from our culture

because we are very time conscious and the tribes are not time conscious. The tribes like cooperation, but we like competition. We want to have conquest over nature the tribes want harmony with nature.

WRAP UP I learned that the Plains Tribes were not

wasteful they tried their best not to be wasteful. Also, I learned that teepees were originally 12 ft. high but when they discovered horses they built them 2x that size! I wonder if they still live in teepees? Do they still believe in the spirits?

BIBLIOGRAPHY http://

nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/comparison.html

http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/mcclellandr/zackthezipper/nativeamericans.htm

http://mason.gmu.edu/~jjarski/portfolio/fall07/plains.html

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/plains.html

http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/photos/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/tribes.html

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