Native Americans

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Native Americans

• By Hannah Aimee

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Contents!

• Slide 1) Front page.
• Slide 2) Contents.
• Slide 3) Warfare.
• Slide 4) Story around the camp fire.
• Slide 5) Tiger-woods view of the story.
• Slide 6) Battles.
• Slide 7) picture of a battle.
• Slide 8) religion.
• Slide 9) Ceremonies.
• Slide10) Power of spirits.
• Slide11) Medicine.
• Slide12) Thanks!

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Warfare!!!

• SCALPING
• Scalping is when the skin on the top of the
  head is cut off with a knife and pulled back.
  This usually led when there was a death on the
  battlefield. The reason the tribes did this was
  because it would give them fewer enemies in the
  after life after reincarnation. Many people
  thought this was extremely savage of the Indians.
• This story is a prime example

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• Sitting Around The Camp Fire!
• Now children Im going to tell u a little
  story about great uncle tiger-wood! One day when
  he was running in the field he came across a wild
  buffalo, as he tried to fight it off with only
  his own two hands, he suffered alone in the field
  for a few days. Until a tribe took him in as a
  slave among their tribe, when great uncle
  tiger-wood refused to be a slave, they waited
  until sunrise when they would scalp your great
  uncle. (gasps) fortunately he managed to escape
  with only half his head scalped! To day he is
  known as the great warrior tiger-wood.
• Now great uncle tiger wood is going to give
  you his terrific story in his own words.

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• Uncle Tiger-woods view
• I was out on the lookout for the buffalo,
  when one ran up to me . It jumped on top of me, I
  was TERRIYED, I didnt think Id survive!
• A few days past, I didnt know where I was,
  but I realised that my tribe had left me, I dont
  blame them as they had to keep up with the
  buffalo, otherwise they'd be in danger to. I
  must have fallen asleep when I was awoke by
  another Indian (. From another) tribe.They said
  to me I could come back with them to there camp,
  only if Id be a slave. I wouldnt stand for it,
  so they said all they could do was scalp me.
• I was scared, frightened, I didnt know
  what to do,
• Fortunately I managed to escape with only
  half my head scalped, I was in pain, blood was
  pouring down.
• But I survived!!!!!!

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Battle time!

• In a battle the native Americans had
  certain tactics that may seem cowardly to us, for
  example -
• In a battle the native Americans would run away
  (also known as a hit and run) to prevent
  themselves from death or injuries when the tribe
  desperately needed members to keep alive (e.g.
  men for hunting reproducing).
• Horses were also stolen (horse raid), as they
  came in handy for many reasons such as in a
  battle where the horses would be used to keep up
  with the buffalo , and to stop themselves being
  trampled on.
• Women were also kidnapped as a result of them
  marring the native Americans and reproducing
  babies to stop the population dying!

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Religion!

• All Indians believed in the spirits that
  bring good or evil to the tribe, part of their
  everyday life was religious worship.
• Wakan tanka
• The Indians believed that the sun, the
  earth, the sky, the mountains, the animals, and
  all the things around them were things that they
  should worship.
• these spirits were controlled by wakan tanka
  (great mystery)

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Ceremonies

• It was important to the Indians to perform
  many dances. They have a dance for everything.
• Looking at the sun was the most sacred of
  their ceremonies. For them taking part it was a
  great deal of pain.
• this ceremony was done to make sure that the
  power of the sun would come everyday for the rest
  of their life. The tribe respected the ones who
  took part very highly, as they wouldnt have
  being able to take the pain.

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Power of spirits!

• A vision
  request
• A vision request was when a teenage boy
  wanted and tried to gain special power of a
  spirit through going to what was called a vision
  request.
• The boy would not eat for six whole days
  and would do this on top of a hill, by doing this
  his imagination became strong. This would then
  make him dream and the life or animal that would
  appear in his dream would then become for the
  rest of his life a guardian spirit.

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Medicine

• The Sioux believed that other Indians were
  good at dealing with special spirits. Each tribe
  would nominate a man to be the medicine man, h
  would then be in charge in all the ceremonies
  that were to take place. If you are an older
  person you would not be able to become a medicine
  women only if they had magical abilities.
• A medicine mans jobs included telling the
  future and advice among the tribe cast spells and
  most importantly healing the sick.

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Thank you !
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