Describe them. - The Apache people lived in wickiups, which was about the size of a modern camp tent and could be built in 2 hours by an Apache woman if there was enough brush. Though many live in wickiups, the Plains Apaches and some Lipan Apaches used buffalo-hide tipis as housing instead. Wickiups are simple…
"Algonquin" was the French name for the tribe. The French were probably trying to pronounce elehgumoqik, the Maliseet word for "our allies," or Algoomaking, a Mi'kmaq place name. The Algonquins call themselves Anishnabe, which means "original person."…
They took to unique culture based on nomadic hunting of the buffalo. The Plain Indians…
2. The Teton Sioux began in Minnesota where fish and game were dwindling so they ended up migrating across the Missouri River where they discovered horses and began hunting buffalo which had many uses for them.…
The Northwest Coastal Indians, Kwakiutl, lived in what is now Alaska along the Pacific Ocean down the coast to Northern California. The environment was very diverse and often extreme which included a rugged strip of land with small islands, deep inlets, inland rivers and lakes, deep fjords, and wide and narrow beaches. Mountains rise to the shore in many places. Spruce, cedar, and fir forests dominated the area supplying endless amounts of wood. All the people lived near the water and relied heavily on the water for survival. Temperatures were moderate, which allowed the people to fish all year. There was access to the Pacific Ocean for fishing and collecting food like clams and shellfish. Salmon was the most important food.…
Family is a big deal when it comes to the Chippewa tribe. “The Chippewas worked hard to care for one another” (Ditchfield 20). The Chippewas strongly believe that each member born into the tribe is a gift. When children were born everyone in the tribe would pitch in and help (18). Elder tribe members were very popular for telling stories. Children and adults would all gather around the fire to listen to these ancient stories (24), as shown in Figure 1…
Women had a different set of attire compared to men. They wore knee-length prairie skirts or suede fringed skirts derived from Native American dress. As for dresses they wore red or blue gingham dresses. Saloon girls wore short red dresses with corsets, garter belts and stockings.…
Meanwhile, on the Choctaw reservation women wore wraparound skirts made of deerskin and/or fiber. While women wore skirts, men wore breechcloths. In this reservation, shirts weren't necessary, but both men and…
Many Native Americans Died in new england of a European diseases from 1500's to 1600's. After each hardship occurred several neighboring tribes decided to merge together, making their identities very indistinct, even within the indian oral history. However the Abenaki tribe, to avoid the reoccurring hardship moved to Canada, which in fact gave them their name the " Canadian Indians" but they are originally natives to New England. Although the Abenaki strategies to survival was to merge with others and to momentarily cover up their existence resulted in the tribe not able to receive federal recognition it ultimately ensured their people survival.…
These earth lodges were usually big enough to shelter up to seven families at a time. For example, “The Mandan Indians lived in settled villages of round earthen lodges. Mandan lodges were made from wooden frames covered with packed earth. When Mandan men went on hunting trips, they often used small buffalo-hide tepees as temporary shelter”(source A). This shows that the houses the Mandan people lived in were lodges made of earth and usually very large enough to hold seven families. This also shows that when the men were on hunts they set up buffalo hide tepees as temporary shelter. The Mandan clothing was very unique because the man and women wore many different animal hides. For example. “The clothes worn by the Mandan men consisted of breechcloths, fringed buckskin tunics and leggings. Warm buffalo robes or cloaks or blankets were also worn to protect against the rain and the cold”(source B). This shows that the Mandan wore many different types of animal hide clothing. This also shows that they used their resource that nature provided to them. All in all the mandan people had very unique living and clothing…
Buffalo was a huge part in their sacred ceremonies. They use buffalo bone, hide, and meat for certain things. The Sweat Lodge ceremony is a symbol for purification. They make a dome out of long sticks and use buffalo hide to create an air tight roof (Lakota Culture, 1). Rocks are the most important part in this ceremony. Before bringing the rocks into the dome, they would heat up rocks in a fire pit outside of the dome. Once the rocks were hot, they would bring them inside and set them in the middle. The people would pray while water was being pored on the rocks to create steam. The Sioux believe that the steam is the breath of the creator and that "the rocks are the oldest things on earth, and when they are heated, they come back to life" (Lakota Culture, 1). Another very important ceremony was the Vision Quest. Men went to a hill for four days and nights and would fast during this time. Throughout the time of being there, they had to pray and wait for a vision. The vision would be told to the other tribe…
the archaic indians were people that had hunted with spears as well as many other things. These type of indians would use a lot of stones to help make their food from many plants. they would grind stones ti help smaller the seed so it is better for them to eat it. these type of people wouldn't just stay in one place they would travel and just keep moving. they would usually end up where ever a water bank was so they would be able to grow many things. many indians were really good at making baskets to help them carry there plants when they were picking them…
Located near the Oregon and California border, and comprised of three historically separate tribes: the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin. The Klamath Tribes have inhabited the Klamath River Basin for thousands of years, with lifestyles and heritage revolving around the natural resources of the area. Multi-tribal and multi-village gatherings have been important traditions, including those celebrating fish runs. Salmon have been vital to the physical, economic, and spiritual health of the Klamath tribes for generations. Though the U.S. government initially recognized the rights of Oregon natives to live on their 20 million acre settlement, European colonizers recurrently pushed land boundaries, creating tension between farmers and natives. In 1864,…
The Native American have not had the easy way of obtaining land that was actually theirs to begin with. The following topics will be why the Dakota Indians have communities instead of reservations, ways that have made the Dakota historical experience different from that of the Ojibwe, and the barriers that the Dakota communities faced that were similar to the Ojibwe. Also about why treaties matter so much to the Native Americans. The Dakota Indians were forced to move many different times before they actually got settled in one place. The Dakota communities started in 1851 when the Fort Laramie Treaty gave the Dakota a ten-mile strip of land that was on both sides of the Minnesota River.…
Did you know that the Shawnee Indian tribe is a fascinating tribe? I recently have learned that they are nomads. Nomads are people who travel instead of settling in one place. Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania were a couple of states they once lived in. Until around 1660 Iroquois drove out the tribe to southern Carolina, Tennessee’s Cumberland basin, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois. They had tried to return, but again they were forced to leave by American settlers. The settlers pushed them first to Missouri and then to Kansas, but the Shawnee people settled in Oklahoma after the Civil War.…