Today we start presentations, Emily, Shelby, and Kjersten go first they have chapter 5 section 1.
Describe Native American culture.- Settled in small villages. Hunted and planted crops. Then the gathered food(wild food). nomad-traveler that follows with the food they are hunting. They were not all nomads. They rode horses so they could hunt farther and more efficiently. Hunting ground was theirs and if some other tribe was on it war was on. Many lived in small groups that were extended but they all spoke the same language. They had very well behaved children. nobody was to dominate the group. The whole tribe shared land.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?-The Native Americans believed in not owning land but the settlers did. Since the Plains were unsettled migrants moved out there along railroad and wagon. Gold drew people out there. The living quarters was not clean everything was run down. Some women stepped up and tired to help the men.
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?-In 1834 the government passed an act where the Native Americans could have their land. Many of the tribes and settlers clashed with each other. The railroads hurt the Natives because it invaded their land and brought settlers to their land. John Chivington didn't want peace until Indians suffered so he and his men attacked the Cheyenne tribe, though the Cheyenne tribe thought they were under the protection of the government. Bozeman Trail extended through the Sioux hunting ground and the Bighorn Mountains.
-Describe a cowboy's life.
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