Great Plains Native Tribes

Lived on the Southern Great Plains.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains is a major physical feature of this group.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

This group lived in earth lodges close to the Missouri River.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

This tribal group were known as the Lords of the Plains because horse riding abilities.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

This tribal group were farmers more than they were hunters.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Lived in what is now Colorado and Wyoming.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Two of these tribes still live in North Dakota.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Lived in what is now Colorado and Wyoming.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Lived in what is now central North Dakota.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche

Lived in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska.

• Lakota-Dakota-Nakota

• Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira

• Cheyenne-Arapaho

• Comanche