Plains

In early 1931, farmers in the southern plains were at their highest peak of money making. While the rest of the nation was being affected by the Great Depression, farmers were producing wheat in masses. The land was described as green and lush and the soil rich. Nobody had realized what they were witnessing would only last a short time before tragedy struck. Railroad companies and states released advertisements to lure settlers to move to the south. Not conscious of the drought to come, farmers…

of life for the buffalo and Indians. Approximately “30 million to 60 million” buffalo lived on the Great Plains before the railway (King). From 1875 to 1885 the herds were decimated (Quinn). Cattle moved in as the buffalo died and the “increase in the number of cattle led to overgrazing and destruction of the fragile plains grasses,” and they could not recover (“The Cattle Frontier”). The Plains Indians had used the buffalo before the arrival of cattle and felt this change, as they needed them…

are very nomadic people they have gone from place to place. Originally they lived on the northern plains of north america. “The Lakota are known as the Teton or Western Sioux”. In 1640 the Lakota probably lived closer to their Dakota relatives. “The Lakota began to move west for three reasons. First, conflict with neighboring tribes. Second, to follow the large herds of buffalo, which roamed the plains. Thirdly, to avoid the encroaching whites who were moving west”. The army sent troops to…

The dust bowl It’s been eighty years since the dust bowl roared across the southern great plains. This massive dust storm blew from 1934 – 1937 forcing millions to flee their homes with most heading west to California This massive, destructive storm was both manmade and a natural disaster. It was caused by the lack of dryland farming to prevent erosion and severe drought. The dust bowl affected these states; Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. The worst storm occurred on…

them the religion and culture of the plains that they practice today. The southern plains had transformed them, not just physically but mentally too. They were able to stand up for what was right and were no longer slaves. Yellowstone was absolutely a magnificent place with lakes canyons, and waterfalls. It was a peaceful place but belonged to the wildlife that was living there. The highland meadows were the stairs that led to home or the “sun” on the plain that represents…

did in their daily lives. In the Blackfoot language, which was based of the Algonquian language, they called themselves Siksika meaning "Those with Black Moccasins." Originally the nomadic American tribe migrated from the Great Lakes to live in the plains region including Montana, Idaho, and even Alberta, Canada. The Blackfoot tribe was split into three smaller tribes the Blood tribe, the Peigan tribe, and the North Peigan. The Blackfoot tribe had important spiritual beliefs, had adaptable and…

The Dust Bowl was a drought that strickened the Southern PLains region of the united states.They suffered from severe dust storms that had severe high winds. The choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska. Many people were killed from this tragic disaster. The Dust Bowl also killed the livestock and it had also failed crops across the entire region. This disaster drove many families on a desperate migration for search of work and better living conditions. Roughly 7,000 people died due…

Along with Paleoindian and Archaic peoples, in the 1981 work O’Neill concludes that there are ten possible tribes to which rock art can possibly attributed to in specific ranges: Various Plains Apache groups, Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache bands, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Pawnee, Osage, and Kanza. He also suggests that the sites “… could be measured in hundreds of years rather than thousands” (O’Neill 1981, 26). This is a broad range of…

In the 1800s, white pioneers were moving west and looking for places to settle. Native Americans occupied the Great Plains, and the white people were about to take over. Starting around the 1860s, the United State’s government started forcing the native peoples to leave their homelands and either move into the designated areas called “reservations”, or in some cases be exiled to Mexico. The Native people did not like this forceful threat at all, particularly because in the reservations they…

The Native Americans of the plains struggled to survive as European settlers began to colonize larger amounts of North America. Battles between the colonists and Native Americans left many tribes weak and unable to defend their nations. The population of the buffalo that once used to run in large herds throughout the area dwindled close to extinction due to mass hunting. By the late 1800’s the plains tribes had been stripped of their lands, their resources, and their rights. They were sent to…