Who were the Native Americans?

Lesson Objectives To identify the key aspects of the lives of the Native Americans To use sources to evaluate Native American lifestyle To evaluate ways in which the Native American Way of life would cause conflict with the Whites

Your Task In pairs you will be given images of the Native American You need to say what you can see, say what this means and make a decision about the Native American Way of life You will then present your findings to the rest of the class (maximum 2 minutes) The images were drawn by George Catlin, an artist who was fascinated with the Native Americans. In the 1830s he travelled West and lived and worked with Native American tribes

An Indian by Catlin

Pursuing Buffalo on snow shoes

Band of Sioux moving camp 1

Battle between Sioux and Sauk and Fox 2

Breaking down the wild horse 3

Chief and his family 5

Comanche Lodge of Buffalo Skins 4

Sun Dance by Catlin 6

Dog feast by Catlin 1869 7

Buffalo Hunt Chase with bows and lances 1832-33

Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat 1834-1835 9 Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat 1834-1835

10 Catlin and his Indian guide approaching buffalo under white wolf skins 1846-1848

11 Buffalo Dance,  1845

Bear Dance by Catlin 12

Mandan Scalping an enemy 13

Medicine man performing his mysteries over a dying man 14

Scalp dance of the Sioux 15

What key elements of Indian lifestyle may cause them to clash with whites? Hunting? Warfare? Beliefs? Culture? Lifestyle? Why?