European Immigration
A Large group of people who live in a particular place, speak a common language, and share interests, relationships, basic beliefs, and social identity
What is society
What two things were introduced that revolutionized life on the plains
What is Guns and Horses
What is a plant used for ceremonies
What is sweetgrass
The various cultures that migrated to the northern plains all became
What are hunter-gathers
Times of Fasting and praying alone in a special place to gain spiritual understanding
What is vison quests
Contact between Indians and Europeans cultured changed life so much that scholars divided human history into what two periods
What is Pre-Contact Period and Post-Contact Period
What is one way that the arrival of horses changed everyday life
What is hunting, transport, trade, ceremonies, gift giving, marriage arrangements, and individual spiritual practices
What is a reddish, clay-like stone used to make pipe
What is pipestone
Story telling took place during what season
What is Winter
This Native American Tribe expanded to about 15,000 people in the 1800s
What is the Blackfeet or piegan black feet
What is the name of one disease that wiped out native Americans
What is Smallpox, measles, or cholera
Why did Indian tribes want Guns
What is intertribal Warfare
What connected all the plains Indian cultures with each other
What is a strong trade network
Name one way plains Indians cultured differed
What is language, clothing, hair-style, tipi design, ceremonial decoration, moccasins, society organization
What is plant cultivating
What is horticultural
What tribe traveled throughout the northern plains since the early 1600s
Who are the Assiniboine
What was a great advantage of horses over dogs?
What is horses fed themselves
What is a naturally occurring cooper found as nuggets
What is native cooper
A traditional food made of dried meat, fat, and berries
What is pemmican
This tribe lived between flathead lake and Idaho's Lake
What is Pend d'Oreille
These 3 tribes believed their ancestors have been present in this region forever and they have cultural connections tom bands farther west on the Columbia Plateau
What are the Kootenai, Salish, and Pend d'Oreille
After the plains Indians acquired European trade good what did they still do?
What is uphold traditions and spiritual beliefs
What is one way that native Americans communicated with each other during trade
What is symbolic gestures, sign language, or hand shapes
On the Assiniboine Calendar of months what is the April Moon Called
What is Frog Moon
This tribe ventured west from their Minnesota and North Dakota homelands and shifted into MT around 1820
What is Northern Cheyenne