history

history

1. battle of little big horn

   • how did the native americans get to america? - they walked across the land bridge called BERENGIN folloung the buffalo
   • when did they arrive in america? - 11,000 - 12,000
   • living in a tipi = advantages: easy to move and transport, esay to make, warm in the winter. disadvantages stuffy and hot, flls wit smoke, easy to attack
   • exposure - old/sick left behind to die need to follow the buffalo
   • polygamy - marry more than one wife. so that all women could have babies
   • divorce - divorce was easy, woman moves to help parents tipi, man blow a horn or bangs a drum, it was quick so that theu could marry again and have children.
   • council - elder emember of the tribes met to discuss important things. such as when to go to battle and marriage.
   • dancing - they danced before battle to contact the pirits to help them. also before they hunted the buffalo
   • religion and the great spirit - waken tanka was he spirit who looked over everything
   • warfare
     • what were the causes of war? - land, horeses, honour
     • why were horses important? - helped to hunt the buffalo useful in war
     • scalping - what and why - cut off the scalo if the enermy. so they cannot go into the spirit world
     • how did they fight? - suprise, altatcks, raids
     • how did theu prepeare? - dance - to get help and support of the sprit world
     • counting coups - what and why - touching an enemy with a stick in battle
     • what natuve americans thought of the white europeans - bravery - the native americans do not fight to the death if they know they are going to lose as
       • what native americans thought of the whute europeans - housing - they think of the tribe's survival.
         • what white europeans througjt of the native americans - bravery - they do fight to the death as theur family would receive a pension they died