Lakota: The Tribe Of the Great Plains By: Austin Curtis, Jacob King, Collin Maculley
Lakota Class- History Core- 2
- Mrs. Venable
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By: Austin Curtis, Jacob King, Collin Maculley
March 3, 2016
Lakota: Location They inhabited the Great Plains and were the largest group of Great Plains Indians. They lived in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Canada. They lived in small parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
Lakota: Location The landscape mostly contained flatlands. This made finding wood hard because there were not a lot of trees. Due to this they had to be careful with the wood they used.
Lakota: Location However, there was an advantage. Their main food source, buffalo were abundant in this area.
Lakota’s: Diet The Lakota’s diet is mostly based on bison. The Lakota tribe used every part of the bison. They cooked dried and pounded the meat into pemmican(bison jerky).
Lakota’s: Diet They also traded and gathered fish, fruits, and vegetables. When they had gathered all of those they sometimes made a traditional soup called Wohanpi. It was made with bison meat, prairie turnips, and wild potatoes.
Lakota: Clothing They wore moccasins that were different based on who they were. Moccasins for girls went above the ankles. However, moccasins for boys went under the ankles. Similarly to their clothing, they had bead designs.
Lakota: Clothing Headdresses were not just for fashion. Headdresses that chiefs wore were shorter or longer depending how many feathers they had. Feathers were given when a chief has shown bravery or courage in battle.
Lakota: Clothing They also had clothing similar to ours, but made of leather. Some of their clothing had fancy bead designs. These were also different based on who wore them.
Wakan Tanka Wakan Tanka was the Lakota’s god. Wakan Tanka created all living things. He lived in the Grand Tepee in the Black Hills of South Dakota, one of the most sacred lands in Lakota culture.
Lakota's: Shelter The Lakota (Sioux) homes were tents called Tepees. They were very durable and light-weight. They made their teepees out of the buffalo skins they got from hunting and killing buffalo.
Lakota's: Shelter When they were near trees or forests, they picked up and carved the wood into the poles and stakes that they used to hold up their Tepees!
Lakota's: Transportation was by horseback or walking
Originally, the Plains people traveled everywhere on foot. During the winter, snowshoes made walking on deep snow easier. Sleds were pulled by dogs, and helped with transporting in the winter. Travois were placed on dogs and used for transportation- they were a structure made of two poles, which crossed at the top and attached to some netting or a wooden frame.
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