The Wichita Indian Tribe History

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The Wichita Indian Tribe History

• By Sidney Coker and Priyanka Parikh

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All about the Wichita Indian Tribe!!!!!!!!
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How the tribe looks and dressed like.
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What they wear (con.)

• In religious ceremonies, the Native Americans
  wore fancy clothing
• The Wichita tribe also wore masks.
• Women stitched leather moccasins with hard or
  soft soles. Moccasins were decorated with
  elaborate beadwork.
• Mens clothes in the summer were shirts, tunics,
  and leggings.

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What they wear

• Women wore skirts and dresses.
• In the winter they added shawls, blankets, and
  extra clothing.

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What they ate

• The Native Americans ate fish, corn, squash,
  beans, and deer.

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Housing (con.)

• The Native Americans lived in cone-shaped
  structures called tepees.
• Tepees were made out of buffalo hides sewn
  together.
• When the Native Americans had to find food or
  escape from enemies they could fold the tepees
  and transport them easily.

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Housing

• Hides were tanned and smoked so that they would
  be waterproof but still remain soft.
• Later, when horses were used for transportation,
  the tepees became much bigger.

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Native American Horses

• Horses gave speed to the Native Americans and
  changed their hunting in fighting ways.
• They were called Spirit Dogs or Medicine
  Dogs, but were much stronger and faster pack
  animals than real dogs.