Plains+Tribes

=The Plains Tribes =

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History-
====The plains tribes were east of the rocky mountains. The Great plains start at Albertaall the way 2,000 miles down south to Texas. This area includes the current states of: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. The Plains tribes were hunter gathers. They typically hunted bison.This grassland was perfect for the bison that these tribes hunted.These people lived in teepees.The Shaman (or medicine man) was a smart and wise man from the tribe that played the role of healing the wounded, interputing dreams, visions and other signals. If someone was ill he would come to them and burn sage,perform songs or/and dances.Mandellas are made from bison hides, eagle feathers, wool and the furs of wild animals. A mandella was thought to bring good luck and happiness, but to do so you must hang it in the home which will also bring protection to the home. ==== 

Culture-
====The plains tribes would follow the bison, Fransico Cornado was the first explorer to describe the plains tribes, They used Teepees mainly because they were easy to move from place to place. Spanish conquestadors brought horses over to the americas which later became what the plains indians constantly used for transportation.====

Technology-
====The plains tribes invented what they needed to survive. They made their clothes, shoes, and homes out of animal hides. Pieces of flint and stone were used to clean the meat off of the hides while they used elk horns to scrape off the hair. Buffalo hides were used to make the tepees and were made to be very easy to take apart and back put up so that it would be easier to follow the buffalo herds. To carry heavy items while on the move they used //travois,// two poles tied together at one end so that dogs or horses could be strapped to it and drag them along.====