Pawnee Indians of the Great Plains

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Pawnee Indiansof the Great Plains

• Pictures taken from
• The Library of Congress online

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Climate Region

• Area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky
  Mountains
• Great Plains area
• Contained few trees
• Was very grassy, flat, and dry

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Picture taken from http//tinyurl.com/3nkkad4
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What did you observe about the food,
clothing, and shelter of the Pawnee
Indians?Where did they live? How did that
impact the way in which they lived?
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Food

• Corns, beans, squash
• Buffalo and antelope

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Clothing

• Animal Skin
• Woman wore dresses from deer skin
• Men didnt wear shirts, but wore breechcloths and
  leggings
• Moccasins
• Decorated with fringe, beads, and paint
• In the winter, wore long coats

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Shelter

• Earth Lodges protected them from cold winds and
  heat from the sun
• Housed between 20-30 people
• When buffalo herds moved, they traveled with them
  and used Teepees

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On your chart
Food Clothing Shelter
Buffalo and some crops economies were hunting and farming farming was good because of rainfall Buffalo Skin Teepees because easy to move and Earth Lodges
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