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56 Cards in this Set
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The Tipi
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• One family to a Tipi
• 20 buffalo skins sown together by women • Woven wooden pole frame in a circle • Tipis could be taken down in 20 mins for transport • Flaps at the top of tipi that could be opened as a chimney • Doorway faces East towards rising sun • hung scalps of enemy on poles as sign of conquest • Summer- the tipi could be riled up for air flow • Winter- could banked with earth to trap heat • Sahpe of tipi could withstand strong Plains winds • Tipi would be decorated by men |
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Old People
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• Important to band
• Gave advice in council and passed history in to band • Helped raise children • When they became too old they may have been left behind. The survival of the group is more important that an individual • old people wished to be left, so as not to be a burden |
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Children
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• Highly valued in band
• Learned skills from parents instead of schools • B O Y S- Learned to hunt using bows and arrows • G I R L S- learned how to maintain a home • BOTH taught to ride horses at early age • Parents would never punish children except in extreme cases • Children became wild and disobedient |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Buffalo
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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White People v. Natives
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• Viewed as Savages ( scalping, sun dance, etc.)
• believed to be wasteful- wasting valuable farming space • " Natives laze around dressed in barely anything" • " Women do all the work" • Viewed as primitive- Natie children don't attend school. Children are disappointed. Using buffalo for everything (clothes, food, etc.) • " Sinful"- Polygamy, non-Christian |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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White People v. Natives
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• Viewed as Savages ( scalping, sun dance, etc.)
• believed to be wasteful- wasting valuable farming space • " Natives laze around dressed in barely anything" • " Women do all the work" • Viewed as primitive- Natie children don't attend school. Children are disappointed. Using buffalo for everything (clothes, food, etc.) • " Sinful"- Polygamy, non-Christian |
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War
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• bravery and glory
• Counting coup- much braver than killing the person • Scalping- ensured the enemy wouldn't be in the afterlife |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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White People v. Natives
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• Viewed as Savages ( scalping, sun dance, etc.)
• believed to be wasteful- wasting valuable farming space • " Natives laze around dressed in barely anything" • " Women do all the work" • Viewed as primitive- Natie children don't attend school. Children are disappointed. Using buffalo for everything (clothes, food, etc.) • " Sinful"- Polygamy, non-Christian |
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War
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• bravery and glory
• Counting coup- much braver than killing the person • Scalping- ensured the enemy wouldn't be in the afterlife |
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Sacred Land
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• high land is sacred
• close to spirit world • For the Sioux the black hills were scared |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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White People v. Natives
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• Viewed as Savages ( scalping, sun dance, etc.)
• believed to be wasteful- wasting valuable farming space • " Natives laze around dressed in barely anything" • " Women do all the work" • Viewed as primitive- Natie children don't attend school. Children are disappointed. Using buffalo for everything (clothes, food, etc.) • " Sinful"- Polygamy, non-Christian |
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War
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• bravery and glory
• Counting coup- much braver than killing the person • Scalping- ensured the enemy wouldn't be in the afterlife |
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Sacred Land
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• high land is sacred
• close to spirit world • For the Sioux the black hills were scared |
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Manifest Destiny
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• Indians believed that lands was scared and could not be owned by man
• WP wanted to own land • Believed that it was their "manifest destiny" to take the land given by God ( John O'Sullivan 1845) |
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Men & Women
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• Women's responsibility was the tipi
• Women- make and repair clothes, cleaned, collected water, looked after children • Judged by skills • Arranged marriages, but usually for love • Men had to prove love with a gift • Most men had one wife, rich men had many • Remarriage and divorce not unknown • Men hunted & looked after land |
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Medicine Man
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• Carried herbs to help health
• Medicine men could speak to spirits and would ask them for help and guidance • Medicine men could get rid of evil spirits • Knew medicinal properties of over 2000 plants I.e with hazel • Consulted in every aspect |
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Buffalo
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Horses
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• Improved warfare
• Horse made them wealthy. More horses= wealthier • Travel further- more raids. • Connection spiritually with their horse. Horses have a spirit. |
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Organisation of Bands
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White People v. Natives
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• Viewed as Savages ( scalping, sun dance, etc.)
• believed to be wasteful- wasting valuable farming space • " Natives laze around dressed in barely anything" • " Women do all the work" • Viewed as primitive- Natie children don't attend school. Children are disappointed. Using buffalo for everything (clothes, food, etc.) • " Sinful"- Polygamy, non-Christian |
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War
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• bravery and glory
• Counting coup- much braver than killing the person • Scalping- ensured the enemy wouldn't be in the afterlife |
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Sacred Land
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• high land is sacred
• close to spirit world • For the Sioux the black hills were scared |
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Manifest Destiny
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• Indians believed that lands was scared and could not be owned by man
• WP wanted to own land • Believed that it was their "manifest destiny" to take the land given by God ( John O'Sullivan 1845) |
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Migration to the West Coast
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... Christianity. The other reports came from people who were hoping to make money off true settlers.
• Known as the "Great Migration" 1000 people emigrated. •1884 it was 5,000 •1849- 30,000 •1850- 55,000 |
