THE GREAT PLAINS NATIVE

AMERICANS• The Great

Plains• Lily Liu• Danny Kong • Period 4

TRIBES OF THE GREAT PLAINS Arapaho Blackfoot Cheyenne Comanche Crow Osage Pawnee Sioux WichitaThe Comanche, Sioux, and the Cheyenne are the most influential tribes.

Sioux

Pawnee

Most of the tribes hunted buffalo Elks Bears Wild Turnips Squash Fruits

They ate these foods because they followed and hunted buffalos and the vegetable are common within the region so it can be easier to find and grow while they are hunting.

Foods Of The Great Plains

CLOTHING OF THE GREAT PLAINSThe women wore dresses and leggings while men sleeveless shirts, breechcloths, and leggings. In the winter time they wore buffalo robes.

HOMES OF THE GREAT PLAINS The Great Plains tribes live in lodges

called tepees that were dome shaped. Tepees were made with a wooden

frame and cover with sod. They lived in tepees because the had to

move quickly to follow buffalos because it was their main source of food.

THE GREAT PLAINS TRIBE RELIGIONS The Great Plains tribes believed in

spirits that are guardian, animals, and humans.

They believed the spirits were their source of wealth, food etc.

They also believed that underwater spirits controlled all animals and plants.

This shows a man praying to the gods and spirits and to show gratitude for their sources.

TRADITIONS OR CEREMONIES OF THE GREAT PLAINS TRIBE An important ceremony of The Great Plains tribes was the Sun Dance. It was usually a four day ceremony in the summer when the dancers all moved in sync and didn’t eat or drink some of the men would pierce their chest with wooden skewers.

ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS TRIBE Bows from Hickory wood The Cheyenne made pipes, moccasins,

breechcloth, and quill work

A FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICANA famous native American would be Quanah Parker from the tribe Comanche. He was a great warrior as realized the ultimate survival of the Comanche was at stake. He had courage and flexibility to lead his people to a new way of life. He was appointed by the us government as the first chief of the whole Comanche nation.

INTERESTING FACTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS TRIBE Osages became wealthy from oil deposits in the

1920’s. The Sioux believe they gained access to the super

natural and provided by guardian spirits through quests and dreams.

Murder to the Cheyenne was the worst possible crime to them.

1837 a major war broke out between the southern Arapahos and the Cheyenne against the Comanche's

In the 1966 the Pawnees won a land claim award of over 7 million dollars

Osages became wealthy by oil deposits.

Sioux believe in guardian spirits can be accessed through dreams and quests.

WORK CITEDJoyce Libal, . North American Indians Today: Comanche. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers Inc., 2004. Print.

Raymond Bial, . The Blackfoot. White Plains Road Tarrytown, New York: Marshal Cavendish Corporation, 1999. Print.

Raymond Bial, . The Sioux. White Plains Road Tarrytown, New York: Marshal Cavendish Corporation, 1999. Print.

Marla Felkin Ryan, Linda Schmittroth. Tribes of Native America: Cheyenne. Farmington Hills,MI: Blackbirch Press, 2002. Print.

Marla Felkin Ryan, Linda Schmittroth. Tribes of Native America:Crow. Farmington Hills,MI: Blackbirch Press, 2002. Print.

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