This document provides information about the Great Plains tribes, including their lifestyle and beliefs. It discusses that the Comanche, Sioux, and Cheyenne were the most influential tribes in the region. It also describes that the tribes primarily hunted buffalo and other game for food and wore buffalo robes and leather clothing. They lived in portable tepees and had spiritual beliefs that included guardian spirits. The Sun Dance ceremony was an important cultural practice among the plains tribes.
1. • The Great Plains
• Lily Liu
• Danny Kong
• Period 4
2. Pawnee
Arapaho
Blackfoot
Cheyenne
Comanche
Sioux
Crow
Osage
Pawnee
Sioux
Wichita
The Comanche, Sioux, and the Cheyenne are the most
influential tribes.
3. Foods Of The Great Plains
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.
4. The women wore dresses and leggings while men
sleeveless shirts, breechcloths, and leggings. In
the winter time they wore buffalo robes.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Bows from Hickory wood
The Cheyenne made pipes, moccasins,
breechcloth, and quill work
9. A 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.
10. 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
Sioux believe
in guardian
Osages
spirits can be
became
accessed
wealthy by
through
oil deposits.
dreams and
quests.
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