The Plains Indians
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- Created on: 25-01-14 15:43
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- The Plains Indians
- The Buffalo
- Different parts of the buffalo were used for different things.
- Clothing
- Moccasins
- Winter robes
- Shirts
- Leggings
- Belts
- Dresses
- Headdresses
- Armbands
- For the Tipi
- Buckets
- Containers
- Medicine Bags
- Cups
- Ladles
- Spoons
- Glue
- Rattles
- Cooking pots
- Decorations
- Shovels
- Game dice
- Hunting
- Shields
- Saddles
- Knife Cases
- Bullet Pouches
- Halters
- Quivers
- Gun covers
- Arrow-Heads
- War Clubs
- Religion
- Hide Preparation
- Altar
- Pipe Bags
- Drums
- Food
- Fuel
- Family Life
- Polygamy
- Having more than one wife. Had to provide for them all. They did this to make sure everyone was looked after.
- Travois
- They turned the poles into a sledge to travel around with.
- Women were in charge of the tipis - making them and moving.
- Nomadic
- They turned the poles into a sledge to travel around with.
- Nomadic
- Men went out hunting.
- Children had to learn the important skills required to survive for when they grew older.
- Exposure
- When someone was older they would no longer travel but stay in the same place and die.
- Polygamy
- Religious Beliefs
- Your name was chosen from your spiritual guardian, who you saw in a vision.
- Visions were how you contacted the spirits. Everyone wanted to have a vision.
- Some leaders had visions before they went to war and they believed this would be the outcome.
- The tipi was round and the band would always pitch the tipis in a circle with the doorway facing east.
- They would ask spirits for help to catch and kill the buffalo.
- They would dance at ceremonies to contact the spirit world.
- While they decided what would happen, councils would talk and smoke a ceremonial pipe.
- They believed the land was like their mother, they believed they came from the earth, when they died they thought they returned to the land.
- Warfare
- They would go into battle on horses which had a handprint on them to help others recognise them.
- Amulets would be worn around their neck to protect them, and they would have feathers to show previous acts of bravery.
- They went into battle to stal horses, seak revenge or for hunting and living space.
- They would take their enemy's scalps as evidence of success .
- The Buffalo
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