( – promoted by navajo) The Northern Plains Indian medicine bundle is simply a collection of objects which symbolize a spiritual path. The use and nature of these bundles varies greatly among the various Indian Nations of the Northern Plains. In addition, some of the bundles are owned by individuals and are symbols of their … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The Wea are a relatively unknown tribe who were living in the Ohio Valley with the Miami and the Piankashaw when first encountered by the Europeans. Their tribal name has been recorded a number of ways including Ouaouiatanoukak, Aoiatenon, Wah-we-ah-tung-ong, Warraghtinooks, and Wyantanons. While the Wea are often grouped as … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Many of the stereotypical images of Indians that abound in movies and popular books were inspired by the Indian nations of the Northern Plains: these are the horse-mounted buffalo hunters that roamed the plains of Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Dakotas, and Wyoming during the nineteenth century. The popular images of … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The Indian nations along the Northwest Coast area of Washington, British Columbia, and Washington were very different than other Indian nations. Life in these Indian nations centered on the sea and its abundant resources. Unlike the Indian nations in other areas, the social life among the Northwest Coast Indians was … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) For many centuries the traditional Cherokee tribal government-a government focused on the town-had served the people well. It was not until the arrival of the Europeans with their strange notions of hierarchical governments and their inability to understand Indian nations that the traditional government began to break down. The primary … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Traditionally men and women among the tribes of the Northern Plains usually carried several names during the course of their lives. Each child would be given a name shortly after birth. As the child grew older and began to acquire unique personal characteristics, another name might be given which reflected … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey The Southern Plains is the area of the Great Plains that lies south of the Arkansas River valley. It is an area of rolling prairie grasslands with some timbered areas in the stream valley. It includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, portions of Texas, the eastern foothills of New … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) While the popular image of Plains Indians is that of the horse-mounted warrior and buffalo hunter, the horse as we know it today only came to this continent with the Europeans. It reached the Plains Indians and dramatically changed their ways of life several generations before the Americans invaded the … Continued
