The Tribes of the Great Plains

Identify the correct definitions to terms related to the Indian way of life and its downfall, by using a dictionary and a word bank.

Language Objectives

Describe the life of the Plains Indians and the specific roles of men and women.


Discuss why the Indian way of life ended.

​Content Objectives

​In your map, draw the area of the tribes of the Great Plains and identify the Sioux and the Apache nations.

​​The Lives of the Plains Indians

Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)

White Settlers

Promises Made and Broken

Sioux Wars (1876)

Geronimo in the Apache Wars (1876)

The Ghost Dance

Wounded knee massacre (1890)

General Custer

The indian way of life ends

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