What are the boundaries from east to west of the Great Plains?
Rocky Mountains to Mississippi River
What are the boundaries from north to south of the Great Plains?
Canada to Texas
What main tribe is associated with the Great Plains?
Dakota
Describe the winter and summer of the Great Plains.
Winters were bitter cold. Summers were hot.
What animal is considered a resource in the Great Plains?
bison
How did the Native Americans of the Great Plains adapt?
They adapted by using every part of the bison.
Did they farm in the Great Plains?
very little (many in east)
Bison were considered ____________ to the western Dakota.
silly
sacred
family
Name some ways the Dakotas used bison.
food, to make their tepees, make blankets, shields
What did the Dakotas paint on their shields?
scenes from their dreams
What did the men do on the outside of their tepees?
scenes of daily life
What did the Dakotas put on the outsides of their blankets?
images/winter count
