1. They were like grizzly bears
Chief Joseph
We were like deer.
They were like grizzly bears

2. What was the Permanent Indian Frontier?

3. Lewis and Clark

4. Why was it so difficult for Plains Indians to find shelter on the
Great Plains?
Why was the tipi such a suitable shelter?

5. The Plains Indians hunted buffalo and used the hides to make tipis.
Each tipi could be folded down into a sledge.
This was known as a travois

6. What can we learn from this source about Plains Indian life?
(4 marks)

7. Colonel Dodge Hang on one cotton-picking minute!
This photograph is a modern reconstruction.
I actually visited a Plains Indian camp
Read my brilliant book to find out the real story
Colonel Dodge

8. The home of the Plains Indians is fifteen feet high and measures about 12 feet across. It is decorated on the outside with pictures to celebrate the tribe’s success in hunting and warfare.
The fire is built in the centre and some of the smoke escapes through an opening at the top. However, the design is not very effective. In cold weather the tipi is usually full of smoke and this is unbearable for visitors.
The tipi is well suited to the everyday needs of the Plains Indians. The conical shape withstands the strong winds on the Great Plains. Even in the coldest weather the tipi can be kept warm with just a little fuel created from buffalo dung.
The beds are made from buffalo fur and these are used as seats during the day. Sometimes there are eight or ten people in a tipi from three or four different families.
Since the cooking, eating, living and sleeping are all done in one room, it soon becomes unbearable filthy.
Based on a book written by Colonel Dodge, a US army officer

9. What can we learn from this source about
the social structure of the tribe?
(4 marks)

10. What can we learn from this source about buffalo hunting?
(4 marks)

11. Land and Nature

12. This would be a 12-mark question in an exam
Why was there a clash of cultures between white settlers and Plains Indians on the Great Plains?
This would be a 12-mark question in an exam

13. Please note that this question asks you to combine two concepts
Practice GCSE Question:
Describe Plains Indian beliefs about warfare
(9 marks)
Please note that this question asks you to combine two concepts

14. What can we learn from this source about the role of the medicine man?
(4 marks)

15. Picture from a GCSE textbook
The Sun Dance
Picture from a GCSE textbook
Black Elk Speaks (1974)
The next day the dancing began, and those who were going to take part were ready, for they had been fasting and purifying themselves in the sweat lodges and praying.
First their bodies were painted by the holy men. Then each would lay down beneath a tree as though he were dead, and the holy man would cut a place in his back or chest

16. If they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung
Little Crow’s War
If they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung

17. What can we learn from this source about the impact of the US army
on Plains Indian culture?
(4 marks)
Little Crow’s War 1861