The Great Plains

Cheyenne

Geography

• The Chyenne's lived in present day:
• Minnesota
• Montana
• Wyoming
• South Dakota and parts of Colorado

Shelter

• Most families lived in earthen lodges
• Families would also gather in teepees

Food / Resources

• Vegetables, fruits nuts, and fish
• Then from vegetables the main food turned to buffalo meat
• When they started to eat more meat thats when they
• stared to hunt more offten

Religious Affairs

• The natvies were very religious
• Some cerimonial rituals included:
• Sundance
• Smoking peace pipes
• They even had special huts for religious use

Wichita

Geography

• The Wichita lived in the U.S for about 3 centuries ranging from:
• Texas
• Arkansas
• Louisiana

Shelter

• Dome-Shaped structures of grass 
• Laid over a framewrok of poles

Food

• Grew: Corn, Berries
• They hunted fish and buffalo

Religion

• This system that was expressed in mythology
• with stories passed down from one generation to the next
• stories were based on a belief of natural forces and included animals
• that behaved in a human like fashion, 
• and were intended to teach lessons of life and morality.

Osage

Geography

• Osages live in present day:
• Oklahoma (where most live today)
• Missouri
• Kansas
• Arkansas

Food

• Hunted buffalo
• Grew corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins

Shelter

• Lived in villages, in round, earthen lodges
• Lodges were made from wooden frames covered with packed dirt
• On hunting trips, they slept in teepees

Social Organizations

• Osage Tribal Council
• Principal Chief
• Assistant Principal Chief
• Eight members

Religion

• The Osage Religion was pantheistic
• Everything was thought to be made by a mysterious force
• Rituals include a child naming ritual and a green corn ritual

Citation

• http://www.bigorrin.org/osage_kids.htm

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