GREAT PLAINS

RELIGION

• Animism
• Big religious ceremony
• All natural objects have souls or spirits
• Not only humans but also animals, plants, trees and rocks
• Use dream catchers and mandella

TRIBE ORGANIZATION

• Elders was called akis
• Kids are named after elders
• Elders wear eagle head dresses

GEOGRAPHY LOCATION

• Wyoming east through dokotas
• Grass lands east has tall grass west has short grass
• Animals bison, deer, cougars, elk, bear, beaver and porcupine
• Cold winters

CULTURE

• Food fish birds plants nuts berries and buffalo
• Wigwams and tepees
• Bones used for tools
• Men wear shirts, breech cloths and belts
• Women dresses, short, leggings snug-fitting legging made with buckskin

COMMUNICATION

• Language siouan algonquian uto-aztecan caddoan and athabaskan
• Sun dance
• Told stories sang songs

GENDER ROLES/WOMEN

• Prepared hides and sewed
• Clearing fields planting hoeing and harvesting
• Storing food
• Died at a early age because they Were Worn Down By Life

GENDER ROLES/MEN

• Hunting defensive aggressive amd warfare
• Manufacturing of weapons
• Died at a great number

HEALTH

• Diseases: cholera influenza measles and smellbox
• Vaccination adding them to their traditional repertoire of healing Practice
• Made medicine with insects and herbs