GREAT PLAINS

TEPEES

• Tepees are more temporary homes
• They are made out of buffalo skin
• The opening always faces east

LODGES

• Lodges are more permanent homes
• It is built over a dugout hole
• It is made of sticks and grass

FOOD

• Their main source of food is buffalo
• They eat fish
• They also eat berries, sqaush, pumpkin, beans, and corn

TRANSPORTATION

• Horseback
• Foot

WEAPONS

• Bow and arrow
• Wooden spears
• Knives

TOOLS

• Travois
• Cooking bag
• Water pouch
• Buffalo chips

CRAFTS

• Bowls
• Blankets
• Bags

CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS

• Powwows
• Sun dance
• Great spirit
• Medicine man

VOCABULARY

• Counting coup is when someone pokes an enemy with a knife or spear and returns back
• Scalping is when they cut off someone's scalp and parades around with it

QUESTIONS?