Mr. Bruns assigned a new blog this week about 9/11. Other than that, today was just a presentation day with our powerpoints.
Notes:
5-1: Cultures Clash on the Prairie
-Plains Indians
-lived in Great Plains
-4 importand tribes: Dakota, Cheyenne, Sioux, and Comanche
-Buffalo were important to Indians
-used buffalo for all basic needs
-teepees used because they were easy to put up and take down
-bow and arrow
-never killed more buffalo than needed
-believed in many gods
-powwows were celebrations to the Great Spirit
-headpieces represented bravery, each time they killed someone, a feather was added
-got first horses from the Spanish
-horses made hunting buffalo easier, along with travel
-small family groups
-children taught life lessons through stories and legends told by grandparents
-grandparents took care of kids while parents worked
-young women taught to sew, decorate moccasins and cook
-roles of women were to put up and take town teepees, raise children, prepare food, prepare skins, and gather berries and plants
-settlers pushed Plains Indians farther and farther West.
-whites made trails through Indian's land and killed their buffalo
-forced onto reservations far from their homes
-Gold Rush of 1858
-drew people from all over the world
-had mining grounds on Native American land
-American settlers learned how to handle large herds of cattle from the Mexicans
-demand for beef skyrocketed after the Civil War
-Vaqueros were to first to wear spurs, chaps, and such
-Chisholm Trail is a major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas through Oklahoma, to Kansas
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