Ignore Friday's blog, wrong chapter!!!!!
-missouri river tribes-osage and iowa planted crops and settled in villages.
-sioux anc cheyenne gathered food and hunted buffalo
-when native americans in new mexico were given horses in 1598 from the spanish- hunting and traveling changed forever and yet again when they were given guns.
-this led to wars when tribes would trespass on another tribes hunting grounds.
-for the young men, participating in this activity earned them prestige and honor
-earned honor by killing their enemies and "counting coup" (touching a live enemy with a coup stick and escaping unharmed.
-some would call a truce in order to trade goods, share news, or have harvest festivals.
-buffalo was used for nearly everything-tepees, clothing, shoes, blankets. meat was used for jerky or mixed with berries and fat to make a food called pemmican.
Family life
-lived in small extended family groups with other bands who spoke the same language
-young men trained to become hunters and warriors while the women helped butcher the game and prepared the hides
-Plains indian tribes believed powerful spirits controlled the natural world
-children learned through stories and examples set by their elders
-no single person controlled the tribe, rather it was controlled by a counsel.
Settlers
-believed owning land, making a mining claim, or starting a business gave them a stake in their country
-thought indians weren't improving the land;therefore, thought rights were forfeited and land was unsettled
Attractions
-GOLD AND SILVER AND OTHER RICHES!!!
Government Restrictions
-1834- passed an act that designated the great plains as indian territory
-1850's- changed policy and designated certain areas for each tribe
-NA's didn't listen and continued to hunt their grounds
Battles
-Massacre at Sand Creek- (November 29, 1864) cheyenne thought they were safe returning to Colarado's Sand Creek reserve for the winter but were attacked by General S. R. Curtis' army. killed over 150 inhabitants, mostly women and children
-Death on the Bozeman Trail
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