Native Indians' way of life

Family and marriage
1. Band consisted of 10-50 members
2. Men's duties
  1. Looking after horses
  2. Protecting the band
  3. Judged by...
    1. Skill as hunters
    2. Skill as warriors
    3. Skill as horsemen
3. Women's duties
  1. Judged by...
    1. Craft skills
    2. Homemaking
  2. The tipi
  3. Preparing food
  4. Fetching water
  5. Making clothes and other items
4. Arranged marriages in some nations
5. Rich men had serval wives (POLYGAMY)
  1. To ensure all woman were cared for
  2. So there was enough childern
Childern
1. Highly valued
2. Didn't go to school- learnt skills from parents
3. Taught how to survive on plains
Old people
1. Gave advice in council
2. Passed on history
3. Involved in bringing up childern
4. IF TOO WEAK/ OLD LEFT BEHIND
Custom and tradition
1. If someone broke rules
  1. Would be shamed/ humiliated
    1. An effective punishment
  2. In extreme cases: would be banished
Decision making by council and chiefs
1. Cheifs
  1. Were chosen because of...
    1. Wisdom
    2. Spiritual power
    3. Hunting/ warrior skills
  2. Great chiefs
    1. Red cloud, sitting bull
2. Council
  1. Important decisions made by council
  2. Took advice from...
    1. Medicine man
    2. Chiefs
    3. Elders
  3. Smoked ceremonial pipe so spirits would help them make good decidions
Buffalo
1. Clothing
  1. Buffalo parts: Fur, tanned hide, rawhide and sinews
  2. Uses: Belts, bags, masks, clothes, snow shoes, jewwllery
2. Homes
  1. Buffalo parts: intenstines, horns, fat, dung, bones
  2. Uses: buckets, cooking vessels, soap, knives, paint brushes, cups
3. Religion
  1. Buffalo parts: dung, skull, gall, heart
  2. Uses: smoked in special ceremonies, yellow paint, sacrifical
4. Warfare
  1. Buffalo parts: heart, rawhide, bones, tail
  2. Uses: to give warriors strength+ power of buffalo, shields, whips, arrowheads

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