Plains Indians

Part One The Great North American Prairie covers 1.4 million square miles and is made up of the following U.S. states; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. It is also made up of a few provinces in Canada including Alberta and Manitoba. Rainfall is more common in the East than it is in the West of the prairies. Rainfall levels can reach up to 21 inches and go down to 12 inches depending on where you are within the prairie. It's…

adapted to horses during the late 17th century. They helped them quickly adapt to more things as in harnessing, farming and wAr tactics. By the early 18th century, The Comanches had dominated majority of the land and region becoming the most populous indians. Hamalainen explains in his essay, that the reason the Spanish were not able to successfully expand northward was because of the presence of the Comanches, By the 1830s, the Comanches were able to develop a system known as the raiding…

I believe the U.S government should give land back to the Native Americans because money wouldn’t do them very good because they want back their land because they were stolen from, the Black Hills from the Great Sioux were stolen because they found gold on those lands. Giving them land is a good things and the U.S can provide them with land and workers to build them new and stable homes and schools so kids won’t drop out and not have a education. The conditions they have on the reservations…

to trade, capture buffalo, and support their nomadic lifestyle. Given that White is giving the Sioux the representation they deserve, will this idea carry over into more works? Ultimately, James Merrell employs this representation in his book The Indians’ New World where he argues that the Catawba nation was able to formulate trade deals and gain respect from the South Carolina colony. Additionally, Great Lakes Creoles, by Lucy Murphy showcases this representation by illustrating the cordial…

The Kiowa tribe is a small, nomadic group of Plains Indians residing in the American southwest. N. Scott Momaday, the author of The Way to Rainy Mountain, is a member of the Kiowa tribe. His family has been a part of the tribe for generations (McNamara, 1). Momaday divides his story into three sections: The Setting Out, The Going On, and The Closing In. Each section tells a different part of tribe’s history. Within each section, Momaday utilizes three voices to help tell the story of his…

economy, population, and topography is diverse, the Indian automobile industry is one of the most competitive within the global landscape (The Economic Times) and currently represents 7.1…

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, focuses on the effects of colonialism on Native Americans, the pressures of assimilation historically and contemporarily, and cultural appropriation. Junior, a Spokane Indian teen who chooses to leave his reservation school, Wellpinit, attends a predominantly white school off-reservation called Reardan. While there, many of Junior’s friends and family die from alcohol related incidents. It is interesting that this occurs because…

Introduction The Dust Bowl of 1930 was the worst environmental disaster in the US history. Poor farming practices and extreme drought greatly damaged the ecosystem in the Great Plains.[1] The Dust Bowl was a man-make environmental destruction that completely transformed the landscape. Strong winds blew away an average of 480 tons of topsoil per acre, degrading soil productivity, harming health, and damaging air quality. [2] The wind removed the topsoil and the remaining dry soil was not…

Key Ideas Concept 1 • Native American Regions Guiding Questions • How do the four Native American regions differ? o Generalization: The Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest, Great Plains, and Eastern Woodland regions have differing geographies, climates, and natural resources. Each region has different natural resources (water, vegetation, animals) terrains, and weather conditions which greatly affect how the tribes conduct their day to day lives. Each region has different challenges and benefits…

During the 1930’s, the American people were suffering a horrible depression, also during this time something equally awful, maybe worse, was occurring in the southern plains. It’s name was the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl was a number of dust storms that occurred in the southern plains (grasslands). The land during this time was very dry, therefore the wind easily picked up dirt and topsoil. The dust accumulated so quickly, it infested households, churches, and any building, car, or human in its way…