The Plains Indians
- Created by: 12asellars
- Created on: 14-04-17 12:59
View mindmap
- The Plains Indians
- Indian Religion
- There was a supreme Indian God (The great spirit or waken tanka)
- They accepted more than 1 god.
- Dances were used to keep in contact with the spirits
- The buffalo dance was used for the spirits to guide them to the buffalo.
- Males could communicate with the spirits after receiving their vision. Women got it after puberty.
- There was a supreme Indian God (The great spirit or waken tanka)
- Indian Warfare
- Wars were used to gain honour by taking horses. It was never used to gain land as they moved around a lot
- Counting coup was used as an alternative to war. it meant tapping the opponent with a coping stick.
- Indians tended to abandon fights because they did not want to lose lots of men.
- Buffalo
- Hunting buffalo was vital for indian survival.
- Stealing Spanish horses made it easier for them to hunt
- Indians were nomadic. They would follow the buffalo instead of staying in one spot.
- They used the whole of the buffalo. Flesh for food, skin for clothes, horns for cups etc
- Hunting buffalo was vital for indian survival.
- Family life
- Indians lived in tipis
- These were circular shaped because the indians belived nature worked in circles.
- Polygamy was sometimes practised due to men dying in war
- Old people were respected due to their wisdom.
- They were sometimes left behind if they could not keep up with the tribe
- Once people died, their spirits went to the 'happy hunting ground'
- Indians lived in tipis
- White attitudes
- At the beginning they were happy to let them stay on the plains
- They thought polygamy was immoral and abandoning the fight was cowardice
- They believed land is owned
- They believed some indian practises to be primitive (e.g. the sun dance)
- Indian Religion
Comments
No comments have yet been made