Transcript The Plains - Edmond Public Schools

Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Pages 70 - 75
 Describe how the Plains people adapted to their
environment.
 Compare and contrast the ways of life of he different
Plains groups.
 Lodge – large round earthen houses the Central plains
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people lived in.
Sod – a layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses
Scarce – in short supply
Tepee – cone-shaped tent shelter used by the Great Plains
people
Travois – two poles tied together at one end and fastened to
a harness on a dog. Used to transport goods.
Council – leaders from different groups that meet together.
Ceremony – a celebration to honor a cultural or religious
event.
Life on the Plains
Lived on the Interior
Plains between the
Mississippi River &
Rocky Mtns.
After water –
BUFFALO was their
most important
resource.
 Hunters wore animal skins and would sneak up on
buffalo.
 Uses of buffalo:
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Food: eaten raw or cooked
Clothing
Tools – from bone
Utensils
Shelters
Water bags – using the stomach
Cords – using the hair
Glue – made from hooves
 Eastern part
 Iowa, Missouri, Sioux, Nakota
 Hunters, Gatherers, and Farmers
 Fertile land of the Mississippi Valley
 Traveled to hunt the buffalo, but came back
 Lived in villages with lodges as homes
 One lodge = 20-40 people
 In the Northern part – lodges were covered with sod
 Western part of the Interior plains
 Nomadic – they move around to follow the buffalo
 Cheyenne, Kiowa, Crow
 Wood is scarce – use buffalo chips for fire
 Did not farm – soil to hard
 Homes easy to move – tepee
 Travois was how goods were moved to new location
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Central Plains
Great Plains
 Built permanent homes
 Nomadic
 Farmed because of fertile
 Tepee homes could move
soil of Mississippi Valley
 Left home only 1 time a
year for the great buffalo
hunt
around
 Could not farm due to
hard soil
 Wood was scarce
Government
 Depended on group.
 Lakota – each group made own
choices, but respected each
other’s hunting areas and lived
in peace.
 Cheyenne – 10 groups. Sent a
leader to meet in a council of
chiefs. All Cheyenne groups had
to follow councils decisions
 All Plains people were equal.
Any man could become a chief if
he was a good warrior and a
good leader.
Traditions/Religious
Beliefs
 Each group had a story that
told how they came to be.
 Those who farmed, corn
was important – yearly
ceremony to give thanks to
the corn harvest.
 Ceremonies for start & end
of buffalo hunts, naming
of a child, and marriage.
 Sioux ceremony called Sun
Dance – helped keep
buffalo strong.
Calendar Robe
Plains people did not have
a written language.
They read pictures and
symbols.
Their history was recorded
on calendar robe.
The leaders would meet to
decide what was recorded
on the robe.
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REVIEW
QUESTION
BUFFALO
 After water, what was the most
important resource for the
Plains people?
REVIEW
QUESTION
Had a ceremony.
 What did Native Americans do
to celebrate a cultural or
religious event?
REVIEW
QUESTION
Trees were a scarce resource for
the Plains people. There were
no forests like the Eastern
Woodlands had.
 Why did the Plains people not
use trees like the Eastern
Woodlands?
REVIEW
QUESTION
Tepees were made from animal
skins that were stretched over
wooden poles.
 What kind of natural
resource(s) were used to build a
tepee?
REVIEW
QUESTION
 What was used to group Eastern
The language they spoke.
Woodland peoples as Iroquoian
or Algonquian?
REVIEW
QUESTION
 This was created to resolve
Iroquois League
conflicts among people and
groups.
REVIEW
QUESTION
 What was the most important
Wood
natural resource to the Eastern
Woodlands besides water?
REVIEW
QUESTION
Trees provided Eastern
Woodland peoples with wood to
make tools, canoes, lodging,
and provided food.
 What was the value of trees for
the Eastern Woodlands? (uses?)