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How did Native Americans govern themselves?

How did Native Americans govern themselves?. How did they fight?. Starter: Put these boxes into the correct order – showing how the Native Americans governed themselves. Each band sent 4 representatives to the Tribal Council. A band consisted of 300-500 people.

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How did Native Americans govern themselves?

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  1. How did Native Americans govern themselves? How did they fight?

  2. Starter: Put these boxes into the correct order – showing how the Native Americans governed themselves. Each band sent 4 representatives to the Tribal Council. A band consisted of 300-500 people Each band was governed by a chief who was helped by a council of Elders and Dog soldiers The tribe… was split into 10 groups called bands.

  3. The tribe… was split into 10 groups called bands. A band consisted of 300-500 people Each band was governed by a chief who was helped by a council of Elders and Dog soldiers Each band sent 4 representatives to the Tribal Council.

  4. Pg 26..Explain the role played in the tribe by the following: • Chief • Council of Elders • Dog Soldiers

  5. Watch the following clip. What is the man doing? Why? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA0bTp677gk

  6. What can you learn from the about Native American Warfare? Frank McCarthy - 'Hoka Hey' - Sioux War Cry

  7. The Indians did not consider dying in battle as brave or worthwhile. In your pairs discuss why not. If a warrior was scalped he could not go to the Happy Hunting Ground. Your family would be without a hunter to feed them.

  8. It was important for the Indian warriors to be seen as being brave. The height of bravery was to touch an opponent with your bare hand or a special stick called a COUP STICK. The counting coup awarded more points for touching an enemy with your hand than it did for killing him with a bow and arrow. A Coup Stick Successful warriors would be awarded a War Bonnet with each feather representing a victory or would carry a Coup Stick with a notch for each victory. An Indian War Bonnet Write a definition of the coup stick and the war bonnet.

  9. SCALPING

  10. Scalping Evidence of success Took his spirit Could not reach the “happy hunting ground” of the afterlife. After battles the Indians would celebrate by doing the Scalp Dance.

  11. What did warfare mean to Indians? • The main aim was not always to kill but to count coup • Counting coup was getting close enough to your enemy so that you could touch him with you coup stick • Indians believed that there was no honour in death on the battle field because a dead brave could not look after his family. • Indians scalped their enemy • They did this because they wanted a trophy and • because they thought that by taking a part of their enemy’s body then his spirit could not go to the afterlife.

  12. H/W: Design your own warrior head band.

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