1. Who were the Native Americans?

2. 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

3. 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

4. An Indian by Catlin

5. Pursuing Buffalo on snow shoes

6. Band of Sioux moving camp1

7. Battle between Sioux and Sauk and Fox2

8. Breaking down the wild horse3

9. Chief and his family 5

10. Comanche Lodge of Buffalo Skins4

11. Sun Dance by Catlin 6

12. Dog feast by Catlin 1869 7

13. Buffalo Hunt Chase with bows and lances 1832-33

14. Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat 1834-18359
Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat

15. 10
Catlin and his Indian guide approaching buffalo under white wolf skins

16. 11
Buffalo Dance,  1845

17. Bear Dance by Catlin 12

18. Mandan Scalping an enemy13

19. Medicine man performing his mysteries over a dying man14

20. Scalp dance of the Sioux15

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