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Great Plains

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREAT PLAINS

DESTINY, COLE, & SOPHIA
Photo by Great Beyond

Large Tribe Names

  • Arapaho
  • Cheyenne
  • Gros
  • Kiowa
  • Osage
  • Arikara
  • Comanche
  • Hidatsa
  • Manda
  • Otoe
  • Shawnee
  • Assiniboine
  • Cree
  • Iowa
  • Missouria
  • Pawnee
  • Sioux
  • Blackfoot
  • Craw
  • Kansa
  • Omaha
  • Ponca
Photo by lyzadanger

LIFESTYLE

  • Nomadic Hunters
  • Lived in tepees
  • They used their animals for many things like food, travel, clothing
Photo by dgphilli

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

  • Sun dance
  • Blackfoot confederacy

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

  • Their politics were local in nature
  • The Plains politics have moved closer to national patterns
Photo by Woody H1

MIGRATION

  • During the dust bowl the farmers packed up and moved west
Photo by USDAgov

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

  • Based on Animism
  • Souls of sports exist not only in humans but also in animals, trees, plants, etc.
  • The universe and all natural objects have souls or spirits.
Photo by crazyhorse_mk

TRADE

  • Bison robes
  • Dried meat
  • Traded tallow for corn and squash & horses & weapons.
Photo by Justin K.

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION

  • Adjust to the wider range of temperatures
  • Lower amounts of precipitation
Photo by Eric M Martin

CONFLICTS

  • Taking over control of the Great Plains between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains