The Tribes of The Great Plains

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The Tribes of The Great Plains
Made by Kevin Roper

• Chapter 2 Lesson 2
• SS textbook pg. 83-85

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Life on the PlainsSS book pg 83

• The Great Plains was and still is a fairly
  _______________ region.
• Few trees grew on the dry Great Plains, but
  millions of ______________ grazed the huge area.
• Most Plains people followed a farming and
  _____________________ life.

flat
buffalo
hunting
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Buffalo

• Buffalo were central to the lives of the Plains
  Indians.
• These animals were a major source of
  _______________________.
• The people made buffalo hides into articles like
  ______________ and _____________.
• They carved buffalo horns into__________.
• The stomachs of buffalo were used as
  ____________________________.

meat
blankets
clothing
bowls
cooking pots
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Buffalo

• A buffalo could weigh well over a _____________
  and could run very fast.
• Indians could kill their prey by crouching near
  them in an _______________ disguise.
• They could also get the buffalo to stampede over
  a _____________________.

ton
animal
cliff
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Mandans

• They lived along the Missouri River, in present
  day _________________.
• The Mandans build circular houses called
  _____________________.
• Each lodge was built over a shallow pit and
  covered with _____________.
• Each round earth lodge could hold as many as
  ______________ people.

North Dakota
lodges
sod
60
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• In the center of the lodge was a shared
  ____________ under a hole in the roof for letting
  out smoke.

fireplace
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• About twice a year the Mandan villages emptied,
  as men, women, and children took part in the
  great ______________________ hunt.
• Most of the ____________________ did not take
  part in the hunt.
• The Mandans dried and save some of the buffalo
  meat, which today is called ______________________
  .

buffalo
women
jerky
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The Kiowas
southern

• The Kiowas lived in the ________________ Great
  Plains.
• These people were ________, which meant they were
  always moving on the vast Plains.
• They were unable to grow crops so the Kiowas
  followed the___________________ from place to
  place.
• Like the Mandans, the Kiowas depended on the
  _____________________ as the most important
  resource in their way of life.

nomads
buffalo
buffalo
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• Because the Kiowas followed the buffalo herds,
  they built shelters that were easy to move.
• One kind was a cone-shaped tent called a
  __________________________.

tepee
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SS book pg 83

• To make a tepee, women set up _____________ in a
  circle, their tops coming together at a point.
• Then they covered the frame with ________________
  hides.

poles
buffalo
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• People also used the poles to transport buffalo
  _______________ and other goods.
• They made a ____________________ by lashing the
  load to two poles.
• _________________ then pulled the travois.

meat
travois
Dogs
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• Among the Kiowas each person was
  ______________________ in the group.
• Any man could become chief by proving himself a
  good _____________ and a good ________________ of
  people.
• He was chief because his people chose and trusted
  him.
• Kiowas who did not follow the ways of the
  ___________________ were free to live on their
  own.

equal
hunter
leader
group
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The CheyenneSS book pg. 84
Spain

• In the 1500s, people from ______________ brought
  the horse to the regions of Mexico.
• The tribes living near Spanish settlements were
  the first to learn of the horse.
• Some horses broke free and wandered
  __________________________.
• In the late 1700s, the Cheyenne tamed some of the
  wild horses.
• They also got horses by raiding other tribes and
  ______________________.

north
trading
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The Horse

• Using the horse, the Cheyenne changed their way
  of life.
• The horse made ________________ hunting much
  easier.
• Mounted on a swift horse, a Cheyenne could ride
  close to a herd of buffalo.
• Then he could use his _________________to kill
  the animals.

buffalo
bow and arrow
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travois

• A horse drawn ________ could move four times a
  much weight as a travois pulled by a dog. And
  horses could move twice as fast.
• The Cheyenne developed a way of life based on
  moving to different __________ in different
  ______________.
• The horse became so important that _____________
  was measured in horses.

places
seasons
wealth
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Beliefs Religion
spirits

• Plains Indians believed in _____________ of the
  Earth, Sun, and other living things. They greatly
  respected these spirits.
• They would participate in a _____________________.
  They hoped this would bring good luck.
• Many tribes had a ____________________or medicine
  man that was very old and wise. He would try to
  heal sick people.

Sun Dance
Shaman