This was by far the main source of food for the Plains people
What is the buffalo
100
The Plains people's everyday clothing included these items.
What are shirts and breechcloths or dresses, leggings and robes.
100
The Sioux believed in this god.
What is Wakan Tanka,’ meaning the Great Spirit
100
Plains people lived in these groups of 50-100 people
What are bands, connected by marriage and kinship
100
The Plains people used these modes of transportation in the winter.
What are snowshoes and dogsleds.
200
Plains people hunted buffalo by doing this.
What is using a corral with bow and arrows or spears
OR by chasing herds of off "Buffalo Jumps"
200
The Plains people's clothing was made out of animal hide by doing this
What is tanning the hides and sewing them using a bone awl and sinew
200
The Plains people believed spirits were everywhere and should be prayed to, including in these things.
What is animals, plants, trees, stones and the mother Earth.
200
The plains people lived in tipis made of hides for these reasons.
What is they were waterproof and weather-hardy, warm in winter and cool in summer
200
The plains peoples used this piece of equipment attached to horses or dogs to carry heavy loads.
What is a travois
300
Pemican was made by doing this
What is Buffalo meat was cut into strips, hung to dry, then the meat was pounded into shreds with a stone, mixed with hot buffalo fat and berries, and poured into a bag, and then left to cool and harden.
300
Moccasins are a type of footwear made out of this
What is Moose hide and dried grass provided the moccasin with extra insulation
300
Shamen were considered special for this reason.
What is they were blessed by the great spirit and could heal people.
300
The poles of the tipi were precious because there wasn't much wood on the plains. They protected the poles by doing this.
What is carrying the poles from place to place with a travois.
300
The plains people lived a migratory lifestyle for these reasons.
What is for shelter in the winter, to avoid spring floods and to follow the buffalo.
400
This is a type of bread that the Plains people cooked over a fire.
What is Bannock
400
Clothing worn but hunters and warriors included these items.
What is Breastplates made of bone or shells, and shields made of hide.Their coats were made out of deerskin, moose hide, or specifically buffalo hide
400
A vision quest, when a boy became a man, included these events.
What is going into a lodge to become purified by steam, going into the forest and fasting while seeking a vision.
After seeing his vision the whole tribe would feast.
400
The designs on the tipis were important for this reason.
What is he design represented a dream or vision of the owners and usually showed events of humans, animals, or birds, on sides of tipis.
The bottom skirt area symbolized the earth's surface.
The top of tipi represented symbolized father sky
400
Several bands of plains people would come together in the summer for this reason
What is Buffalo herds were concentrated and together so many tribes could Buffalo jumps.
500
These animals were caught for food using traps.
What are wolves, coyotes, lynx, rabbits, gophers
500
Clothing was often decorating using these methods.
What is quillwork and dying with the juice of berries
500
Plains people performed Sun Dances for this reason.
What is in response to a vision, or a plea or prayer to the spirits.
500
The women made the tipis by following this process.
What is Three or four foundation poles were tied together with a piece or rawhide and raised.
A carefully sewn buffalo hide cover was then carefully fitted over the poles.
A hole to let the smoke was left at the top and could be regulated with two flaps attached to two long poles
Heavy stones were gathered to hold down the bottom edge of the tent covering to prevent the tipi from being blown down by the wind.
500
Some of the benefits of having horses included.
What is travelling and hunting were made much easier. They could carry more supplies further distances.