Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Pages 70 - 75
Describe how the Plains people adapted to their
environment.
Compare and contrast the ways of life of he different
Plains groups.
Lodge – large round earthen houses the Central plains
people lived in.
Sod – a layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses
Scarce – in short supply
Tepee – cone-shaped tent shelter used by the Great Plains
people
Travois – two poles tied together at one end and fastened to
a harness on a dog. Used to transport goods.
Council – leaders from different groups that meet together.
Ceremony – a celebration to honor a cultural or religious
event.
Life on the Plains
Lived on the Interior
Plains between the
Mississippi River &
Rocky Mtns.
After water –
BUFFALO was their
most important
resource.
Hunters wore animal skins and would sneak up on
buffalo.
Uses of buffalo:
Food: eaten raw or cooked
Clothing
Tools – from bone
Utensils
Shelters
Water bags – using the stomach
Cords – using the hair
Glue – made from hooves
Eastern part
Iowa, Missouri, Sioux, Nakota
Hunters, Gatherers, and Farmers
Fertile land of the Mississippi Valley
Traveled to hunt the buffalo, but came back
Lived in villages with lodges as homes
One lodge = 20-40 people
In the Northern part – lodges were covered with sod
Western part of the Interior plains
Nomadic – they move around to follow the buffalo
Cheyenne, Kiowa, Crow
Wood is scarce – use buffalo chips for fire
Did not farm – soil to hard
Homes easy to move – tepee
Travois was how goods were moved to new location
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Central Plains Great Plains
Built permanent homes Nomadic
Farmed because of fertile Tepee homes could move
soil of Mississippi Valley around
Left home only 1 time a Could not farm due to
year for the great buffalo hard soil
hunt Wood was scarce
Traditions/Religious
Government Beliefs
Depended on group. Each group had a story that
Lakota – each group made own told how they came to be.
choices, but respected each
other’s hunting areas and lived Those who farmed, corn
in peace. was important – yearly
Cheyenne – 10 groups. Sent a ceremony to give thanks to
leader to meet in a council of the corn harvest.
chiefs. All Cheyenne groups had Ceremonies for start & end
to follow councils decisions
of buffalo hunts, naming
All Plains people were equal. of a child, and marriage.
Any man could become a chief if
he was a good warrior and a Sioux ceremony called Sun
good leader. Dance – helped keep
buffalo strong.
Calendar Robe
Plains people did not have
a written language.
They read pictures and
symbols.
Their history was recorded
on calendar robe.
The leaders would meet to
decide what was recorded
on the robe.
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REVIEW
QUESTION
BUFFALO After water, what was the most
important resource for the
Plains people?
REVIEW
QUESTION
What did Native Americans do
Had a ceremony.
to celebrate a cultural or
religious event?
REVIEW
QUESTION
Trees were a scarce resource for Why did the Plains people not
the Plains people. There were use trees like the Eastern
no forests like the Eastern
Woodlands?
Woodlands had.
REVIEW
QUESTION
Tepees were made from animal What kind of natural
skins that were stretched over
wooden poles.
resource(s) were used to build a
tepee?
REVIEW
QUESTION
What was used to group Eastern
Woodland peoples as Iroquoian
The language they spoke. or Algonquian?
REVIEW
QUESTION
This was created to resolve
Iroquois League
conflicts among people and
groups.
REVIEW
QUESTION
What was the most important
natural resource to the Eastern
Wood
Woodlands besides water?
REVIEW
QUESTION
What was the value of trees for
Trees provided Eastern
Woodland peoples with wood to the Eastern Woodlands? (uses?)
make tools, canoes, lodging,
and provided food.