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  2. Plains Indians - Wikipedia

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    Stumickosúcks of the Kainai. George Catlin, 1832 Comanches capturing wild horses with lassos, approximately July 16, 1834 Spotted Tail of the Lakota Sioux. Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of ...

  3. Plains Indian warfare - Wikipedia

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    The most renowned of all the Plains Indians as warriors were the Comanche whom The Economist noted in 2010: "They could loose a flock of arrows while hanging off the side of a galloping horse, using the animal as protection against return fire. The sight amazed and terrified their white (and Indian) adversaries."

  4. Plains hide painting - Wikipedia

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    Plains Indian male artists use a system of pictographic signs, characterized by two-dimensionality, readily recognizable by other members of their tribe. [7] This picture writing could be used for anything from directions and maps to love letters. Images were streamlined and backgrounds were minimal for clarity.

  5. Bison hunting - Wikipedia

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    The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum. A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement. Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of ...

  6. Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands - Wikipedia

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    The Plains Indians culture area is to the west; the Subarctic area to the north. The Indigenous people of the Eastern Woodlands spoke languages belonging to several language groups, including Algonquian , [ 2 ] Iroquoian , [ 2 ] Muskogean , and Siouan , as well as apparently isolated languages such as Calusa , Chitimacha , Natchez , Timucua ...

  7. Category:Plains tribes - Wikipedia

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    Plains Indians Native American tribes — the indigenous peoples of North America from the Great Plains region, in central Canada and the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.

  8. Travois - Wikipedia

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    After horses were introduced to North America, many Plains Indian tribes began to make larger horse-drawn travois. Instead of making specially constructed travois sleds, they would simply cross a pair of tepee poles across the horse's back and attach a burden platform between the poles behind the horse. This served two purposes at once, as the ...

  9. Plains Apache - Wikipedia

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    Some groups of Plains Apache refused to settle on reservations and were involved in Kiowa and Comanche uprisings, most notably the First Battle of Adobe Walls which was the largest battle of the Indian Wars. It would be the last battle in which the Natives repelled the U.S. Army in the Southern Plains.