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  2. Plains Indians - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Native Americans/First Nations peoples of the Great Plains of North America "Indigenous peoples of the Plains" redirects here. Not to be confused with Plains Indigenous peoples of Taiwan. "Buffalo culture" redirects here. For the culture of Buffalo, New York, see Buffalo, New York ...

  3. Plains Indian warfare - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans of the Great Plains learned to ride from a young age, on small cayuse horses originally introduced by the Spanish conquistadors. [10] These were usually ridden bareback , with only a blanket for comfort.

  4. Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains - Wikipedia

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    Chenopodium berlandieri or goosefoot, Bozeman, Montana. Agriculture on the precontact Great Plains describes the agriculture of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains of the United States and southern Canada in the Pre-Columbian era and before extensive contact with European explorers, which in most areas occurred by 1750.

  5. Cheyenne - Wikipedia

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    The Cheyenne (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ æ n / ⓘ shy-AN) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains.The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsėhéstȧhese (also spelled Tsitsistas, [t͡sɪt͡shɪstʰɑs] [3]); the tribes merged in the early 19th century.

  6. History of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Conflicts between the U.S. Army, settlers and Native Americans continued; however, in 1864 after the massacre of a Cheyenne village along the banks of Sand Cheek, war between the U.S. and the tribes of the Great Plains was inevitable.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Counting coup - Wikipedia

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    Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup (/ k uː /) (“coup“ is french for “blow” or “shock”) is the warrior tradition of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. It is one of the traditional ways of showing bravery in the face of an enemy and involves intimidating him, and, it is hoped, persuading him to admit ...