The American West - NATIVE AMERICANS QUIZ (GCSE History)

They had many uses for buffalo. They'd eat their MEAT, use their SKIN for and , SINEWS for and , BONES for implements such as and even their DUNG for .

Why were the Indians able to follow the buffalo on it's seasonal migrations? .

After men had hunted the buffalo, the women would it.

They believed in a great spirit called , who they believed created all of nature and was very powerful. Because of this belief the Indians were very respectful of nature and all living things.
They saw every person, animal, tree and plant as having its own .
Young braves would fast and pray until an animal came to them in a vision, that animal was their . They'd kill that animal to make a bag which would carry all their belongings, called 'the medicine bag'.

Every tribe had a ; a man with strong power and unusual wisdom. They would interpret visions and make contact with .
They would cure the sick by connecting with the spirits through , and .
Due to exceptional , they'd help the chiefs and elderly in council meetings to make decisions.

Two main examples of the Indians warfare was the and - both confused and outraged the whites.

The 3 main ways they'd hunt buffalo were (Startle the herd and chase them into narrow valleys where they'd be trapped so they could kill them easily, or down a cliff), (dressed as wolves and crept up on them and attacked, as buffalo's let wolves close to them.) and (After they got horses they'd run along side the herd, shooting at them with arrows)

They'd perform many rituals and dances to contact the great spirit, one of them being the . This was performed by the Medicine Man and was believed to bring good , and . It was also a great celebration in the tribe.