One of the tribes of the Great Plains Indians.
Lakota/ Sioux EBook
DIET The Sioux ate corn, buffalo, elk, and deer. They prepared the food by eating it raw, roasting it over fire, seasoning it, etc.
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INTERESTING FACTS
They regularly traded with other Great Plains tribes. For pastime, Women did quillwork, beadwork, and sewing. Lakota originally used Dogsleds . They farmed the corn they ate.
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LOCATION Lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Lakota tribe traveled freely. There was also significant Lakota presence in Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, and Northern Illinois. Today most Lakota live in Minnesota. Nebraska,
TRANSPORTATION The Lakota knew how to make canoes. Originally Lakota used dogs pulling travois(dogsleds). Once Europeans introduced horses they became the main source of transportation. Almost every man knew how to ride a horse.
LAKOTA (SIOUX) The original Lakota/Dakota homelands were in what is now Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota
HOW DID THEY MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE?
ARTS AND CRAFTS ďƒ’
They were known for carvings. Many of them made threadwork. They also made more popular porcupine quill work. They also used finger weaving to make rugs.
SHELTER ďƒ’
The Lakota lived in Teepees. They where originally 12 feet tall.