Mr. Bailey’s History Native Americans Project

1. Mr. Bailey’s HistoryNative Americans Project By: Bryon White Assigned By: A. Bailey http://www.sussexnativeamericanproject.wikispaces.com

2. References • www.quia.com/pages/hostetterna.html • www.wikipedia.com • www.history.com • www.youtube.com • www.wikispaces.com • www.yahooanswers.com • www.facebook.com/nativeamericans • www.canada.com

3. People Of the Lakota Tribe

4. Lakota • Originally the Lakota Indians were corn farmers as well as hunters, but once they acquired horses they mostly gave up farming, and moved frequently to follow the seasonal migrations of the buffalo herds. Most of their diet was meat, especially buffalo, elk and deer, which they cooked in pits or dried and pounded into pemmican. The Lakota also collected chokecherries, fruit, and potatoes to eat. Many Lakota children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. • The Lakota people lived in large buffalo-hide tents called teepees. Teepees were carefully designed to set up and break down quickly. An entire Lakota village could be packed up and ready to move within an hour. Originally teepees were only about 12 feet high, but after the Lakota acquired horses, they began building them twice that size. Their environment was very hot. Sometimes it was over 100 degrees in the summer. • Lakota women wore long deerskin dresses. The Lakota also wore moccasins on their feet and buffalo robes in bad weather. In colonial times, the Lakota adapted European costume such as vests, cloth dresses, and blanket robes. They lived on dry grasslands. • In most Native American tribes, men used to wear some form of breechclout. The style was different from tribe to tribe. In some tribes, the breechcloth loops outside of the belt and then is tucked into the inside, for a more fitted look. Sometimes the breechcloth is much shorter and a decorated apron panel is attached in front and behind.

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