Native American Way of Life
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- Created on: 13-06-16 11:10
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- Native Americans Way of life (Plains)
- Religious
- Medicine Man
- Healer and spiritual leader
- Animism
- the attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
- Dances
- Done before war, hunting and to call help down from the spirits
- Examples(Flying pole dance , Sun dance , Buffalo dance)
- Medicine Man
- Animals
- Horses (introduced 1519 mainland)
- Used as currency, dowries
- Made many tribes nomadic allowed them to move onto plains
- Increased the war like nature of the tribes
- Allowed the tribes to shift there tepees more effectively.
- Changed the whole culture of the Native American society
- Influnced their whole style of war fair
- Dogs
- Originally used to transport tipis for the nomadic population
- Used as a food source
- Horses (introduced 1519 mainland)
- Used as currency, dowries
- Made many tribes nomadic allowed them to move onto plains
- Increased the war like nature of the tribes
- Allowed the tribes to shift there tepees more effectively.
- Changed the whole culture of the Native American society
- Influnced their whole style of war fair
- Horses (introduced 1519 mainland)
- Used to help hunt small game sometimes larger depending on breed
- Bison
- Integral part of everyday life
- Used for.....
- Hide - Making tipis
- Bladder -food bags
- Tongue used as hair brush
- Intestines - Buckets and cooking vessels
- Hooves - rattles and tools
- Sinews - Bowstring
- Fur - decoration on clothes, stuffing for saddles and pillows. Mittens and rope.
- Flesh - cooked or dried o turned into pemmican
- Skull used in religious ceremonies
- Religious
- Medicine Man
- Healer and spiritual leader
- Animism
- the attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
- Dances
- Done before war, hunting and to call help down from the spirits
- Examples(Flying pole dance , Sun dance , Buffalo dance)
- Medicine Man
- Religious
- Used for.....
- Integral part of everyday life
- Horses (introduced 1519 mainland)
- Structure of Society
- Family life
- For example
- Sioux Nation(Group of Tribes)
- Tribes (Nakota, Lakota, Dakota)
- Bands (Of the Lakota) Oglala, Sicangu, Blackfoot,Itazipacola,Two Kettle
- Each Band governed by a chief
- Influenced by a warrior society
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- Each Band governed by a chief
- Bands (Of the Lakota) Oglala, Sicangu, Blackfoot,Itazipacola,Two Kettle
- Tribes (Nakota, Lakota, Dakota)
- Sioux Nation(Group of Tribes)
- Important leaders/ people
- Sitting Bull
- Red Cloud
- Black Kettle
- List of other Leaders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Native_American_leaders_of_the_Indian_Wars
- Warfare
- Weapons
- Bow and arrows
- Guns (traded from Americans often mountain men
- Lances
- Tactics
- Fast attack
- fast short battles
- Resulted in failer in few cases as many unused to fighting long battles ~(European warfare )
- fast short battles
- Fast attack
- Other
- Scalping
- A circular portion of the scalp was cut from the crown of the enemy's head.
- Some people ended up with a price on their head and therefore bounties were offered for them
- A circular portion of the scalp was cut from the crown of the enemy's head.
- Mutilation
- Cutting off of hands and feet.
- Linked to the idea that the enemy could not fight you in the next life
- Cutting off of hands and feet.
- Scalping
- Weapons
- Clothing
- War bonnets
- Trailer war bonnet
- Halo war bonnet
- Straight up war bonnet
- Moccasins Outdoor shoes
- Masks
- Used in battle, ceremonies or hunting. Horses also wore masks into battle. Often brightly coloured and again covered with fancy beadwork and feathers depending on tribe.
- War bonnets
- Religious
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