1. Plains Indian Life & Society Moving West….

2. APUSH BELL WORK Bell Work: Analyze the two views regarding the Great Plains “How could existence go on… If life is to thrive and endure, it must at least have something to hide behind.” “I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun.” Which of these two views on the Great Plains has a positive outlook regarding the area? Which one is negative? What evidence is there to support your answers? Both authors identify a certain aspect of the plains- but both have a different view toward the item. What item are they examining? Which one of the authors would most likely endorse manifest destiny? Why? Based upon your background info, try to guess who each of the authors might be. Be sure to support your answer with evidence.

3. Results… “How could existence go on… If life is to thrive and endure, it must at least have something to hide behind.” -Beret: a Norwegian immigrant in O.E. Rolvaag’s novel Giants in the Earth “I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun.” -Chief Ten Bears: a Comanche from Texas, speaking to a group of government commissioners

6. Main Ideas of Native American Culture Native American Society- 8 to 9 million pre Columbian: by 1860- 350,000 History of destruction: settlement, disesase, King Philip’s War, Tecmuseh, Trail of Tears, now Gilded Age Organization- male dominate, chiefdom etc. Rights of Passage- earning of stripes Religion- polytheistic- shamanism The Horse- nomadic and warlike Displacements: These lands once belonged to the Kiowas and Crows, but we whipped those nations out of them and in this we did what white men do when they want the lands of the Indians

7. Cultural Clashes USA Culture (W.A.S.P)Native Culture The west is an untapped resource that must be settled-wilderness is an obstacle that must be conquered and industrialized  Fencing  Destruction of Buffalo The land was a divine gift. People should use the land but also live with it.  Partnership  Use every piece of buffalo West could be used to create farms- Republican policy  Settlement- stay in the same place (farming) Follow the herds  Nomadic lifestyle  Women are more important Life and time seen as linear.  Progress = going forward, advancing Life and time seen as cyclical  No sense of progress, rather seek balance and harmony United States are one and indivisible with central government  One centralized government Indian cultures were separate with different several tribes.  Not organized together, no authority outside immediate family  Lack of space led to war

8. Nomadic Tribes The Horse The Buffalo Hunting Bands Slaughter of the Buffalo Herds & White Hunters

9. Land & Treaties One Big Reservation- the Plains Intertribal Warfare Horse raids & hunting grounds

10. Tribal Life Child Care Learning Stories and fables Games Youth & Adolescence Horse training Adult Social Roles Men & Women

11. Tribal Hierarchy Chiefs War- warrior Peace- orator Medicine man

12. Religion Sun Dance Vision Quest Great Spirit