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The Prairie and Plains Indians and their fight for the independence

The Prairie and Plains Indians and their fight for the independence. parts:. Prairie and Plains Indians. Battle on the Little Big Horn. Wounded Knee. They lived in the large levels of North America. In the Great Plains. The seven tribes of the Praire and Plains Indians. The Sioux.

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The Prairie and Plains Indians and their fight for the independence

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  1. The Prairie and Plains Indians and their fight for the independence parts: Prairie and Plains Indians Battle on the Little Big Horn Wounded Knee

  2. They lived in the large levels of North America. In the Great Plains.

  3. The seven tribes of the Praire and Plains Indians

  4. The Sioux • They were divided into Lakota, Nakota and Dakota • Their chief: Sitting Bull The Cheyenne • Their chief: Two Moon

  5. Dwelling: • tepees •  had to go largely enough for one family •  in the winter warmly and in the summer chilly • were resistant and easy to carry • existed of 6 - 24 buffalo skins • inside was painted • in the middle of the tepees was a fire place for cooking

  6. Food: • buffalo meat was the main meal • beans, corn, berries, roots and edible plants • the women prepared it in the fire place.

  7. Clothing: • buffalo, deer and antelopes delivered the material • leather was rich decorated • Moccasins • the painting of horse and the number of the eagle feathers in the hair showed of the Indian how mighty he was • eagle feathers  symbol of their bravery • painted her head and her face with red colour sign that they were ready for the fight

  8. Communication: • each tribe  own language • indications and signal language fire and smoke signs • Division of work: • The man was the head of a family. The men were responsibly for the defence of the family, the trunk, and for the procurement of the food on hunt • The women ran the household. They looked for the meal preparation and the production of clothes and utensils

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  10. Mystik: • they believed, that everything in the world a purpose in her life served • way of live: ,,Humans are a part of nature and live in unit with the mother earth, with all plants and animals.” • spirit dances: Indians wore spirit shirts, • they believed, they could not be injured • most important thing of a warrior was his medicine bag with talismans and herbs

  11. The eagle was admired by the Indians. They believed the fact that it had also supernatural forces and can heal. • ritual of the Indians of the ceremony: „The drum is the centre of the whole ceremony. She is like the earth. The earth is round and everything on her. In this circle everything touches.“

  12. Battle on the Little Big Horn For many years the Indians fought for their independence from the white people, who closed contracts, they however did not keep. • The Black Hills were a holy place, at which they admired Gods • the Americans wanted to buy the Black Hills  Gold was found • they wanted to resettle the Indians in a reserwart Sitting Bull refused • white people saw there an indication of hostilitysent military • Sitting Bull summoned Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho decided to the fight.

  13. In the summer of the year 1876 a derivative of the American military under General George Armstrong Custer attacked the large Indian camp at the river Little Big Horn. General George Armstrong Custer

  14. Thousands of warriors struck back and killed Custer and all his soldiers • Despite the victory  they could not do to anything against the supremacy of the white people • the pressure became too largely  they looked for refuge in a new region • ghost Dancethey believed that the white people are driven out and it would develop a new, better world

  15. Wounded Knee • new belief forbade the use of all things coming from the white people •  weapons • Sitting Bull supported this belief • the Americans were afraid of a new attack arrested Sitting Bull, but his friends wanted to prevent this • Sitting Bull was shot + 15th December 1890 • Numerous supporters of the new belief fled, returned however on instruction of the army again

  16. 28th December 1890 they stored under guard at the brook Wounded Knee • As the soldiers the Indians disarmed  a shot fell • killed many persons  nearly 300 Indians died • with this bloodbath the freedom fight of the North American Indians ended • they resulted in the white people • Wounded Knee is a symbol for suppression of the natives Americans

  17. The End

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