Culture
The culture there can be very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter. This is the clothes they wore. And these are there shoes. The native american's survived on hunting there main source of food was the buffalo. The tribes followed the seasonal grazing and migration of the buffalo. The people where manly hunters. They built houses called lodges. The dorrs of the lodges face east giving honor to the rising sun. There tribe is called the lakota it is one of the six tribes in the Great Plains. They lived in the part called the Black Hills. The black hills where and still are a sacred place to the Sioux. The people met there for religious ceremonies and social gatherings. The Lakota kept track of there important events on something called a winter count and they made it out of Buffalo Hide they put symbols on it to represent the important events they had. They live on prairies (A Prairie is a flat rolling hill covered mostly in grass). The plains people receive very little rain. The people of the Black Hills did not get a lot of water they had to walk down to a river near them to get water.
This is more facts about the plains people: A rich religious life marks the Great Plains throughout its history. Long before many Native Americans–the Sioux, Blackfoot, Comanches, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Arapahos –moved into the Plains, other Indigenous societies flourished along the rivers and streams of the region. For all of them, religion was not a distinct arena of existence but was interwoven with every other aspect of common life. Identifying particular beliefs and specific activities as religious reflects an understanding of religion more characteristic of the Europeans, whose presence in the Plains began with the Spanish explorers of the early 1500s. In time, efforts first of the Spanish and then in the early 1700s of the French to Christianize tribal peoples planted Roman Catholicism in the Plains. Some of these missions left an influence that endures to the present.
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- Tribes of the Sioux Indians Facts
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- Yanktonai
- Sioux people were farmers, hunters, and gatherers. They farmed corn and gathered fruit and berries. Once the Sioux had access to horses in the 16th Century; their diet was predominantly buffalo meat since they were then able to keep up with the buffalos migration patterns. Their diet also included elk, antelope, turkey, and deer meat.
- The Sioux are known for their distinguished looks. Their hair is very black and it is worn long. Like other Native American tribes, they also have high cheekbones and large noses.
- The Sioux Indians have the distinction of having one of the most well-known Indian chiefs in history. Sioux Chief Sitting Bull was a holy man and a great leader. He was recognized early in his life for his bravery after going to war at the young age of 14. He eventually went on to lead his people to defeat Custer in the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. This was also known as Custer's Last Stand.
- In the last battle of the American Indian Wars, the Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) over 150 Sioux Indians, including women and children, were killed. Some estimates say that number is closer to 300.
- The Sioux are known for their powwows, which is a ceremony held at the same time each year featuring dancing, singing, and lots food.
- The Great Sioux War of 1876 involved the Lakota (Sioux) together with the Northern Cheyenne in a series of battles against the U.S. that lasted until 1877.
- The Sioux men made Buffalo-hide paintings that were quite elaborate. The women were best known for their bead art, sometimes in the form of jewelry and sometimes used in embroidery. They were also skilled at quillwork and pottery.
- As in many Native American tribes, the Sioux men were responsible for providing food for their families and protecting them from harm.
- The women took charge of the children and domestic life, including cooking, cleaning, and breaking down and rebuilding their homes, or tipis (teepees) whenever necessary. These shelters were easy to take apart and put back together again.
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