A great leader of the Crow named Elapuash once said, “A good country because the Great Spirit put it in exactly the right place.” When he had said that, he was talking about the Crow’s homeland, which is now Montana, near the Bighorn Mountains.The Crow had many previous names, Great leaders, and traditions. The Crow also had many defense tactics, own religion and they still have their land today, more than 8000 people live on the crow reservation. Their land used to offer plentiful resources and still does.
The land on which they lived consisted of grass covered prairies, rivers, streams, and mountains. The climate was mainly hot during summer with cold winters. The ancestors of the Crow had spent the past 12,000 years hunting animals, gathering edible seeds, berries and eating them. Around the area of the Great Plains there were many sources of food. many of the …show more content…
Some because of the introduction of horses, people of the tribe wanted to venture out into the plains. Others were just tired of the same routines every day. Another main reason was because of religious beliefs.
Many didn’t find god in a building, but a sacred place. Their religion was animism, which means they had believed that the universe and all natural objects have souls or spirits. Most of their religious ceremonies and rituals were like other tribes in the plains. At most rituals and ceremonies they passed around a pipe filled with tobacco. Also known as a calumet, it was often used to seal a peace treaty; sometimes it was also used to offer prayers.
The Crow tribe lived in tent-like homes called Tepees, like many other Native American tribes. They had their places of instruction inside these tepees, instead of schoolhouses. All of their clothes were made of tanned skins of deer and buffalo. Both their clothes and homes were decorated with pictograms, which are stories told through pictures and
The land on which they lived consisted of grass covered prairies, rivers, streams, and mountains. The climate was mainly hot during summer with cold winters. The ancestors of the Crow had spent the past 12,000 years hunting animals, gathering edible seeds, berries and eating them. Around the area of the Great Plains there were many sources of food. many of the …show more content…
Some because of the introduction of horses, people of the tribe wanted to venture out into the plains. Others were just tired of the same routines every day. Another main reason was because of religious beliefs.
Many didn’t find god in a building, but a sacred place. Their religion was animism, which means they had believed that the universe and all natural objects have souls or spirits. Most of their religious ceremonies and rituals were like other tribes in the plains. At most rituals and ceremonies they passed around a pipe filled with tobacco. Also known as a calumet, it was often used to seal a peace treaty; sometimes it was also used to offer prayers.
The Crow tribe lived in tent-like homes called Tepees, like many other Native American tribes. They had their places of instruction inside these tepees, instead of schoolhouses. All of their clothes were made of tanned skins of deer and buffalo. Both their clothes and homes were decorated with pictograms, which are stories told through pictures and