The Great P lains

1. The Great Plains BY: Mickie, Sharpened Princess, Fisherboy, and NN624

2. Shelter • This picture shows the environment of the Great Plains and their shelters. • Their homes were called Tepees. They always make their tepee doors face the east so that they could see the sun to wake up in the morning. • They make the covers of their tepees mostly from animal hides such as buffalo hides. • They also lived in Hogan's which are six sided houses.

3. Food • Usually the women farmed, and the men hunted. They hunted buffalo. • And they didn’t just use it for food, but for other things too; such as houses and clothing. • Many of the Great Plain region had a hard time finding the natural resources they needed. • They also lived near the Missouri River, so they had many fish to hunt. • Also used stomachs of buffalo for pots.

4. Culture • Culture means the way of life of a group or clan. • They made prayers after ever hunt they made that was successful. • They were also very religious. • They used pipes for smoking, using tobacco. • They also roamed people and the Great Plains.

5. Clothing • Clothing is usually made out of animal hides such as buffalo and they are also usually made out of animal skins. • But the most animal skins used come from antelope, and from deer. • They always made their own clothing, that the woman applied for them. • Men wore clothes such as skin leggings. • They very rarely wore shirts. Instead they wore buffalo furs around their shoulders. • Woman wore dresses made of deer skin. • They also often wore jewelry such as earrings and bracelets made out of metal, sea shells, and metal.

6. People • The great plains are made up of six tribes and more. • They are the Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfeet, Comanche, and Pawnee. • These are not the only tribes there are still many more. • One of their famous people were sitting bull. • The great plains had many chieves. • But sitting bull was the most successful.

7. The great Plains have a lot of landforms. The great plains land forms are grasslands, valleys, streams, and hills. Streams have a lot of plantation and a variety of fish. These are the landforms that the great plains. Landform

8. Climate • Summers in the great plains were hot and winters were long and cold. • In the summers the temperature is 70-90 degrees. • In the winter the temperature is below 32 degrees. • In the spring andin the fall there is a lot of perciptation.

9. Trading • They traded with the French. • The great plains traded guns. • They traded food for other items. • This is what they traded.

10. Hunting • The Great plains hunted buffalos and elks even many other animals. • When they hunted birds the shot bullets from guns at the birds. • The main hunt was buffalo. • They hunted buffalo’s because the believed in the white buffalo.

11. Famous quotes • The great plains had many quotes. • Especially they had quotes from chiefs. • One of their famous quotes were “women shall not talk before men”. • That is there most successful quote that the Great plains had.

12. The Index. • Shelter • Food • culture • Clothing • People • Landform • Climate • Trading • Hunting • Famous quotes