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1. What were the three main uses of horses for Plains Indians?

  • Hunting buffalo, slaughtered for it's meat, traded for food with white men
  • Used in warfare (quick escapes etc.), hides used for tipis, attached to travois to carry belongings.
  • Hunting buffalo (creates stampede), carries belongings when moving (travois form a sort of cart), used in warfare (quick escapes, traded horses for guns etc.)
  • Used for horse racing (betting in the tribe), used to hunt white men, carries belongings when moving
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2. What were 3 of the 5 main challenges faced by Plains Indians?

  • Extinct food source, high speed winds and no weapons.
  • Lack of wind, no food and the low temperatures
  • High speed winds, extremes in temperature and the need to move frequently.
  • High temperatures, lack of shelter and rough terrain

3. Name 3 parts of the buffalo used for clothing.

  • Head-dresses made by horns, tanned hide made leggings etc., fur made mittens.
  • Head-dresses made by tanned hide, shoes made by hooves, tendons used for string etc.
  • String made of tendons, moccasins made from hair, mittens made from tanned hide.
  • Mittens made of buffalo fur, meat used for head-dresses, leggings made from horns.

4. Name 2 parts of the buffalo used for religious reasons.

  • Painted skull used for rituals, horns made into head-dresses
  • Meat used as sacrifice, ground hooves used to paint pictures during rituals
  • Painted hooves used for prayer, hide made into religious robes
  • Stretched hide formed drums, and bones were used as drumsticks

5. Name 3 parts of the buffalo used for warfare.

  • Tanned hide worn as disguises during ambushes, swords made from bones, hooves used as ammunition for catapults
  • Horns acted as arrow straighteners, bones were crafted into knives, raw hide was used as shields
  • Shields were made from flattened skulls, bones sharpened to from arrows, horns were used as knives
  • Hair used as fletchings on arrows, bones used as bows, raw hide used as shields

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