Chapter 2, 3- Plains Indians

What was the most important natural resource for the Plains Native Americans?

• Buffalo

• Fish

• Grass or sod

• Trees

The people of the Great Plains were considered to be nomadic. What does it mean to be nomadic?

• They only ate vegetables

• They sacrificed humans to their gods

• They only ate meat

• They traveled a lot and didn't stay in one place

The Plains Native Americans used a travois for...

• hunting

• carrying homes and other goods

• fishing

• cooking

Tribes in the Great Plains, or Western Plains, lived in these cone shaped tents as their homes.

• Earth Lodges

• Wigwams

• Chickees

• Teepees

Most Plains tribes celebrated with this ceremony before the buffalo hunt.

• Pow wow

• Potlatch

• Sun Dance

• Kiva

This term is used to describe something that is in short supply.

• Surplus

• Scarcity

• Abundance

• Nomadic

Tribes on the Central Plains, or the Eastern Plains, lived in these round houses made of earth or soil.

• Chickees

• Teepees

• Wigwams

• Lodges

Tribes that lived on the ____________ ________________ were mainly hunters.

• Central Plains/Eastern Plains

• Great Plains/Western Plains

Many Plains people kept their history on what is called a ....

• Kiva

• Pemmican

• Earth Lodge

• Calendar Robe

Tribes that lived on the ___________ ______________ were hunters and gatherers, as well as farmers.

• Central Plains/Eastern Plains

• Great Plains/Western Plains