Tribes
This Great Plains tribe was also called the Lakota.
Who are the Sioux?
Most Plains tribes lived in this cone-shaped home made from buffalo hides.
What is a tipi?
The main animal hunted by the Plains tribes.
What is the buffalo (bison)?
This trail of forced removal also affected some Plains tribes.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Plains people made arrowheads out of this stone.
What is flint?
This tribe lived in present-day Oklahoma and Kansas.
Who are the Osage?
Tipis were easy to move because people traveled often to follow these animals.
What are buffalo?
Women gathered wild berries and this type of underground food.
What are roots?
The U.S. government forced tribes onto these areas of land.
What are reservations
These animals, brought by Europeans, became very important for hunting buffalo.
What are horses?
This tribe’s name means “allies” and they lived in the Northern Plains.
Who are the Comanche?
This material formed the wooden frames of tipis.
What is wood (poles)?
Dried meat, fat, and berries were mixed to make this survival food.
What is pemmican?
This 1876 battle was a major victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne against General Custer.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This tool was used by women to scrape hides for clothing and shelter.
What is a scraper?
This tribe was known as strong horse riders and hunters in the Southern Plains.
Who are the Comanche?
Some tribes used sod (dirt and grass) to build these permanent homes.
What are sod houses?
Besides buffalo, Plains hunters also caught these smaller animals.
A: What are deer or rabbits?
A: What are deer or rabbits?
This Lakota leader was killed at Wounded Knee in 1890.
Who is Sitting Bull?
Buffalo stomachs were used as containers to carry this.
What is water?
This group of tribes lived together in the Northern Plains and included the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, and Cree.
Who are the Plains tribes of the Northern Plains?
Plains tribes often placed this at the center of their camp circle for ceremonies
What is the fire (sacred fire)?
This crop was grown by some farming Plains tribes like the Mandan.
A: What is corn (maize)?
This 1890 event marked the tragic end of the Indian Wars.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Before horses, tribes used this wooden frame pulled by dogs to carry things.
What is a travois?