Native Americans

Native Americans

Native American word definitions
1. Exposure: In Native American time means when someone is too old or to ill they had to be left behind to die
2. Polygamy: Polygamy means that a man could marry as many women and have children with them they had to do this to grow their tribe.
3. Council: The Council then were all old people because old people were very important because they told when to leave the tribe. But some people thought that old people weren't important because they were left out to die.
4. Religion: They believed in the Great Spirit, they did sun dances to praise Wakan Tanka (The Great Spirit).
The 5 Contacts
1. The Native Americans and the Americans traded equipment like guns and buffalo skin but they didn't know that they were also trading diseases.
2. The Americans didn't like that the Native American's believed in something called the Great Spirit so they took their children and educate them on a white man's way.
3. After time the Native Americans were forced into smaller and smaller areas so Americans made Reservations for the Native American.
4. There are not many Native Americans left as most of them left to go into the city and do something else then doing nothing on their reservations.
5. The Americans took advantage of the Native American because they had so much land so with that they could kill a bunch of Buffalos and make a lot of money of them.
Native Americans going to America
1. They went a cross a land bridge hunting for the Buffalo but over time the land bridge got destroyed and they couldn't get back to their land so they were forced to live in America where White men live
2. The Buffalo is the most important animal for them because every single part of their body is a use for them the meat is used for cooking the fur is for clothing and the other materials are for housing spoons, forks, knifes,cooking pots and etc.
3. The Tipi was also very important because they were really easy to build and good for moving around as you can just put it down carry it to you spot put it up and sleep in it also its design to keep the heat in and you can also have a fire in it.
Custers last stand
1. Custer was in charge of a army of 600 men but he saw 40 Native Americans on them selfs he could of waited for backup but he order 3 groups of 200 men to go on the right, left and middle but when they started battle 3000 Native Americans were on their way and all the Americans died and as the Americans were really embarrased they sent hundreds of their men to kill all of them

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