Native Americans on the Plains

1. Native Americans on the Plains Chapter 4 Review

2. Nomadic tribes moved from place to place. • The travios was used to help move things. • The sacred bundle held two ears of corn and was used by the Pawnee Indians. • The parfleche was used to carry food.

3. Moccasins are soft leather slippers or shoes. • The women were responsible for the harvesting of crops. • The Pawnee use the stars as their calendar. • The Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, and Otoe-Missouri live in earthlodges.

4. The farming Native American tribes planted crops. • The quiver was used for carrying arrows. • Corn was very important to the Pawnee Indians. • The women were responsible for planting the seeds.

5. Cornmeal is made from ground up corn. • The buffalo were used to make tipi covers, clothes, eating, and farming tools. • The Lakota, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians lived in tipis.

6. Be able to describe the Native American tipi. • Was portable • The women were responsible to set up and take down • The poles came together at the top • Takes at least 12 buffalo hides to cover a tipi • The buffalo hides were sew together

7. Be able to describe the earthlodge. • Large enough for 20 to 40 people. • Sometimes many families lived in them. • Storage pit inside to hold food. • Cool in the summer and warm in the winter. • Women were in charge of building the earthlodges. • The posts of the earthlodges were sometimes covered by dirt.

8. Be able to describe the wigwam. • Were made from bark • Were portable • The women were in charge • Looked like a hut

9. Be able to describe the importance of the Native American legends. • Helped to carry on their history. • Was a time for laughing, listening, and being close. • Some legends told why the stars were in the sky and the wolf howled at the moon. • Children learned about their world.

10. Describe the Native American hunts – before, during, and after. Before • The women packed the food. • The men made sure the horses were fed and packed the arrows. • The children packed the materials. During • The women cooked breakfast. • Cut up the buffalo. • Found new hunting ground. • Children guarded the horses.

11. After • The farming tribes would return and either plant or harvest crops depending on the time of year. • The nomadic tribes followed the buffalo north.