Native Americans on the Plains

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Native Americans on the Plains

Native People

There were many Indian Nations/ tribes with their own cultures in North America. Each tribe has its own lifestyle that has to do with where its members live. Plains Tribes hunted buffalo, farmed, and sometimes fished. Not all plains tribes were the same.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would have been used by Plains Tribes in our area?

hunting buffalo

making pottery from clay

ate wild cranberries

Nomadic Tribes

lived in village groups but moved to hunt
no permanent houses
lived in tipis
Lakoa Sioux
Araphao
Cheyenne

Farming Tribes

Lived in vilages
earthlodges
hunted and traded to get what they needed
Ponca, Omaha, Pawnee, Otoe-Missouri

Multiple Choice

Why did nomadic tribes need tipis or moveable homes?

to fit more people

stay in one place

easy to move

Earthlodge

20-40 people
storage pits
cool inside
warmed by fire
protection from storms or fires

Tipi

portable
women built
12 buffalos
art on sides like a narrative

Multiple Choice

What material is used to make an earthlodge?

Buffalo hide

clay

corn

grass and dirt

Living with Earth

deep respect for earth
followed the seasons as way of life
Spring and summer-planted, repaired, teaching, hunting
Fall and Winter-gathering food, hunting, stories,

Open Ended

Why were stories so important in winter?

Type response here

hunting

took tipis (women)
hunted (men)
watched from the middle (young boys)
prepared supplies before/during/after (women)
Children could help prepare supplies before a hunt.
Use of buffalo..pg 91

Open Ended

Name two things made from buffalo.

Type response here

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