1. The Tribes of The Great Plains
Made by Kevin Roper
The Tribes of The Great Plains
Chapter 2 Lesson 2
SS textbook pg

3. Life on the Plains SS book pg 83
The Great Plains was – and still is – a fairly _______________ region.
Few trees grew on the dry Great Plains, but millions of ______________ grazed the huge area.
Most Plains people followed a farming and _____________________ life.
flat
buffalo
hunting

4. Buffalo meat blankets clothing bowls cooking pots
Buffalo were central to the lives of the Plains Indians.
These animals were a major source of _______________________.
The people made buffalo hides into articles like ______________ and _____________.
They carved buffalo horns into__________.
The stomachs of buffalo were used as ____________________________.
meat
blankets
clothing
bowls
cooking pots

5. Buffalo ton animal cliff
A buffalo could weigh well over a _____________ and could run very fast.
Indians could kill their prey by crouching near them in an _______________ disguise.
They could also get the buffalo to stampede over a _____________________.
ton
animal
cliff

6. Mandans
They lived along the Missouri River, in present day _________________.
The Mandan’s build circular houses called _____________________.
Each lodge was built over a shallow pit and covered with _____________.
Each round earth lodge could hold as many as ______________ people.
North Dakota
lodges
sod 60

7. In the center of the lodge was a shared ____________ under a hole in the roof for letting out smoke.
fireplace

8. About twice a year the Mandan villages emptied, as men, women, and children took part in the great ______________________ hunt.
Most of the ____________________ did not take part in the hunt.
The Mandans dried and save some of the buffalo meat, which today is called ______________________.
buffalo
women
jerky

9. The Kiowas southern nomads buffalo buffalo
The Kiowas lived in the ________________ Great Plains.
These people were ________, which meant they were always moving on the vast Plains.
They were unable to grow crops so the Kiowas followed the___________________ from place to place.
Like the Mandans, the Kiowas depended on the _____________________ as the most important resource in their way of life.
nomads
buffalo
buffalo

10. Because the Kiowas followed the buffalo herds, they built shelters that were easy to move.
One kind was a cone-shaped tent called a __________________________.
tepee

11. SS book pg 83 poles buffalo
To make a tepee, women set up _____________ in a circle, their tops coming together at a point.
Then they covered the frame with ________________ hides.
poles
buffalo

12. People also used the poles to transport buffalo _______________ and other goods.
They made a ____________________ by lashing the load to two poles.
_________________ then pulled the travois.
meat
travois
Dogs

13. equal hunter leader group
Among the Kiowas each person was ______________________ in the group.
Any man could become chief by proving himself a good _____________ and a good ________________ of people.
He was chief because his people chose and trusted him.
Kiowas who did not follow the ways of the ___________________ were free to live on their own.
equal
hunter
leader
group

14. The Cheyenne SS book pg. 84 Spain north trading
In the 1500s, people from ______________ brought the horse to the regions of Mexico.
The tribes living near Spanish settlements were the first to learn of the horse.
Some horses broke free and wandered __________________________.
In the late 1700s, the Cheyenne tamed some of the wild horses.
They also got horses by raiding other tribes and ______________________.
north
trading

15. The Horse
Using the horse, the Cheyenne changed their way of life.
The horse made ________________ hunting much easier.
Mounted on a swift horse, a Cheyenne could ride close to a herd of buffalo.
Then he could use his _________________to kill the animals.
buffalo
bow and arrow

17. travois places seasons wealth
A horse drawn ________ could move four times a much weight as a travois pulled by a dog. And horses could move twice as fast.
The Cheyenne developed a way of life based on moving to different __________ in different ______________.
The horse became so important that _____________ was measured in horses.
places
seasons
wealth

18. Beliefs & Religion spirits Sun Dance Shaman
Plains Indians believed in _____________ of the Earth, Sun, and other living things. They greatly respected these spirits.
They would participate in a _____________________. They hoped this would bring good luck.
Many tribes had a ____________________or medicine man that was very old and wise. He would try to heal sick people.
Sun Dance
Shaman