Plains Indians

The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, … Continued

The Northern Plains include what is now North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This was … Continued

In 1527, The Spanish soldier Pánfilio de Narváez, with a reputation for brutality and a strong desire to find gold and wealth, began his ill-fated … Continued

The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, … Continued

The Northern Plains include what is now North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. For the … Continued

The common stereotype of Plains Indians sees them as horse-mounted buffalo hunters. The reality is, of course, that Plains Indians did not adopt the horse … Continued

The Kiowa speak a language which linguists classify as a part of the Tanoan language family and is related to the Pueblos of Taos, Jemez, … Continued

After the Indian Nations on the Northern Plains acquired the horse in the eighteenth century, warfare became more common. Northern Plains warfare, however, was very … Continued

The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, … Continued

Archaeology is the study of the past through material remains. One of the goals of archaeology is discovery and description. Discovery and description, however, is … Continued