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Ch. 5.1: -Describe Native American culture. settled in small villages, lived near Lower River, hunted and planted crops, hunted and gathered food, Western tribes were nomadic
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? because the plains were unsettled so they wanted to go and claim the land out there
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? passed an act that gave the Native Americans land for their tribes, all the tribes were to live on the same land, but then the government changed and gave each tribe their own areas in different parts
-Describe a cowboy's life. -learned everything from the vaqueros, they were the first to wear spurs and leathers, worked 10-14 hours a day on a ranch, 14 or more hours on a trail, some were as young as 15
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