Lifestyles of the Native Americans
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- Created on: 21-12-14 13:19
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- Lifestyles of the Native Americans
- BUFFALO
- Meat
- Skins for wool, clothing, shoes, tents
- Bones for implements
- Dung for fuel
- HORSES
- Easier to hunt
- Easier to transport stored food
- Transport belongings
- Drove off weaker tribes due to being advanced
- TRIBES
- Some tribes had a NOMADIC ORIGIN
- Some tribes farmed and lived in permanent villages
- Some tribes relied heavily on craft and trade
- Some became successful shepherds after the introduction of sheep and goats
- LAND
- Land was free
- The idea that you could 'buy' and 'sell' land was meaningless to wandering tribes
- Anyone could grown corn on any part of the tribal land
- EXPECTATIONS WITHIN THE TRIBE
- Highly individualistic
- Generosity to those in need was expected of those who could provide it, and it added to their prestige and power
- MEN
- Tribal warfare
- Most men were warriors
- Some Native Americans only fought in self-defence
- Hunting
- WOMEN
- Agriculture -if any was done
- Finding food for the horses
- Leading the packhorses when the tribe was on the move
- Tanning buffalo hides
- Making tipis
- Women owned the things they made - which gave them power
- Cooking and making food
- BUFFALO
- Tanning buffalo hides
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