Native People of the Plains

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What was a common method used by Great Plains tribes to preserve meat for extended periods?

• Salting it heavily

• Freezing it in ice caves

• Cutting it into strips and drying it with smoke

• Canning it in clay pots

Besides providing meat for food, what other essential resources did buffalo offer to the Great Plains people?

• Their horns for musical instruments and their bones for jewelry.

• Their hides for clothing and teepee coverings, and their horns and bones for tools and utensils.

• Their fur for blankets and their hooves for glue.

• Their milk for beverages and their tails for ceremonial whips.

What skills were primarily taught to boys in the Great Plains tribes from a young age?

• Cooking and making clothes.

• Riding horses and using a bow and arrow for hunting.

• Gathering wild plants and preparing hides.

• Carving pipes and making jewelry.

What significant change occurred for the Native Americans of the Great Plains after the arrival of European settlers?

• They gained access to new farming techniques and tools.

• Their buffalo herds increased, leading to greater prosperity.

• They were forced to migrate to reservations, and their traditional way of life was radically changed.

• They formed new alliances with the settlers, expanding their territories.