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The Paiute Indians

The Paiute Indians. By chance warr. Table of contents. Tribe traditions What did they eat? Where did they live? How did they dress? Famous people Contributions How big is the tribe? Extra information Quiz Bibliography About the author. Tribe traditons.

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The Paiute Indians

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  1. The Paiute Indians By chance warr

  2. Table of contents • Tribe traditions • What did they eat? • Where did they live? • How did they dress? • Famous people • Contributions • How big is the tribe? • Extra information • Quiz • Bibliography • About the author

  3. Tribe traditons • The Paiutes gathered all together for big time. • They also gathered for funerals. • They gathered for something called yaxape.

  4. What did they eat? • They ate big and small animals. They also ate berries and pine nuts for chewing gum. They ate birds ,reptiles ,fish, and insects.

  5. Where did they live • They lived in cone shaped wickiups and lived in southern Utah and parts of Arizona ,California and parts of Nevada.

  6. How did they dress? • They dressed in animal skin shirts and pants. They wore skin from big and small animals.

  7. Famous people • Some famous people of the Paiute Indians are Paiute Jim ,me-kwi-uk and kwi-toos.the Paiutes did not have chiefs that made the decisions the chiefs just had suggestions. They had a group of people that made decisions.

  8. Contributions • The Paiutes had been taken advantage of by other tribes of Indians. • They helped the Mormon pioneers survive in the wild and find food

  9. How big is the tribe? • The Paiute Indians tribe had 900 people in the tribe. • In Nevada they only had 65 people in the tribe.

  10. Extra information about the tribe • The tribe had a big massacre • It was called the mountain meadow massacre. • Still to this day forward Paiutes swear that their ancestors did not have a part the massacre.

  11. Quiz for the audience. • Did the Paiutes swim to catch fish? • Did they know about anywhere else in the world except where they lived? • Did they know that they were on just a small part of the earth?

  12. Bibliogrophy • Utah http://historytogo.utah.gov/history to go; • History for kids; http://www.ilovehistory.utah.gov/ • Paiute Indians; http://utahpaiutes.org/

  13. About the Author • I live in West Haven Utah • My favorite book is ghost hunt by: grant Wilson and Jason haws. • My favorite activities are playing, reading and eating. • I am allergic to peanuts. • I can help by solving problems. • My favorite subject is art.

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