Today we talked about our assigned blog for this week which is 9/11
then, bruns taught us how to add our projects to our page
then we started presentations
5-1
cultures clash on the prarie
plains indians-
lived in the great plains
4 important tribes: dakota, cheyenne, sue, camange
buffalo were really important to them
they used every part of the buffalo for food, shelter, clothing
folllowed the buffalo
hunted them using bows and arrows
never killed more buffalo than needed
many gods: sun, moon
also hunted by having the group of indians chase them to the edge of the cliff
the plains indians had pow wows which was celebration of the great spirit
their head dresses were important
first horses the plain indians got were from the spanish
made hunting easier
caused wars because they could travel farther and when they would trespass, thus, starting a war
the indians usually lived in small family groups
children were taught life lessons through stories
the young women were taught to sew, cook
the women's roles were to put up and take down tee pees, cook, take care of the children
the men's roles werer to hunt
the settler push westward
when the white settlers moved westward they pushed the indians farther west
the whites tought that the land shouldn't be owned and the indians thought it should be
1858- gold was found in colorado and drew many peop;e in
cattle became a big business
when the indians were pushed out the cattle and horses flourished on the great plains
why people moved west: gold, cattle, hunting, gold mining
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