History: American West (Plains Indians)

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T H E W O M E N O F T H E F A M I L Y L Q
S S R R Q Y V R V R N S J I N G J U X C U
B S V E Y Y I J O M J H K Y W O C E A D H
A H C H K N A X F D F I L R J P M R L S O
X Q K M U J L V N V Y T Y Y H R R P W Y U
R X D O A L P A W N E E A N D C R O W H C
E L F E E P A I D I N P O N I E S J F O A
T F R T W O O R T H R E E H U N T S H T J
Y N J N U H L K R V B K Y V H U X J E T G
U Q N E N M G G I V A R R E Q Y Y F X F T
J T M N B S A J D A K F N M J M T D G X N
W L N H O W T O H U N T R F I Q R J U E K
C Y T F E F C S J P K Q T T R D Q F Y R F
T H E G R E A T S P I R I T W W K W F G R
U I Y L L F C O I S P F J E S S S C O P D
P V G S W T H E B U F F A L O D A N C E C
H O W T O M A I N T A I N T H E T I P I Q
R T H R O U G H T H E I R V I S I O N S R
D U R I N G M E N S T R U A T I O N T C Y
D B L C A X D S P G M Y Y D Q V T H V A U
C P W J U J Y S W Q B Q C G C G L F X C A

Clues

  • How did young men and women get their names? (7, 5, 7)
  • How many hunts were needed each year to supply enough food and shelter for the band? (3, 2, 5, 5)
  • How were the Shaman/ Medicine Men paid for their work? (3, 4, 2, 6)
  • What was performed before the hunt? (3, 7, 5)
  • What were young boys taught? (3, 2, 4)
  • What were young girls taught? (3, 2, 8, 3, 4)
  • When could the women contact the spirit world? (6, 12)
  • Who did the Sioux see as their main enemies? (6, 3, 4)
  • Who was Wakan Tanka? (3, 5, 6)
  • Who's responsibility was it to take care of the tipi? (3, 5, 2, 3, 6)

Comments

Katastrophic

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These are really useful, thank you! I would say some are slightly overly specific but hey, the devil's in the detail.

19Dcallum

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This really helped me, nice one son!!!!!!   boshhhh

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