Making of America similarities and differences in the cultures of different native American nations Flashcards
What was the leadership and organisation of the Lakota Sioux like?
Nomadic Lifestyle- Following the buffalo
Organised into nations and each nation into bands, Led by a powerful warrior
What was the leadership and organisation of the Cheyenne like?
Organised into bands
Led by a powerful warrior
What was the leadership and organisation of the Nex Perce like?
Organised into villages, each village elected a headman- chosen on his ability to organise trade
- Not nomadic- had fixed villages
What was the food of the Lakota Sioux like?
Ate buffalo
What was the food of the Cheyenne like?
Ate buffalo, traded supplies with white traders
What was the food of the Nez Perce like?
Hunted buffalo on the plains in the summer but ate fish in the winter
What was the shelter of the Lakota Sioux like?
Lived in tipis,made from buffalo hides
What was the shelter of the Cheyenne like?
Lived in tipis,made from buffalo hides
What was the shelter of the Nez perce like?
Huts in winter and tipis in summer
What was the warfare of the Lakota Sioux like?
Fought on horseback
Young men learned to fight from childhood
Warrior Socities
What was the warfare of the Cheyenne like?
Fought on horseback
Young men learned to fight from childhood
Warrior Societies
What was the warfare of the Nez Perce like?
Fought on horses but only during summer buffalo hunts
Warrior societies were less influential than headmen
What were the beliefs of the Lakota Sioux?
Wakan tanka
Black hills of Dakota were the sacred centre
No one could own lands
What were the beliefs of the Cheyenne?
Believed in the All being
Thought that the Noahavose hills was the sacred centre
Believed that the cheynne were a “Called out People
What were the beliefs of the Nez Perce?
Believed in the importance of staying near the bitterroot mountains
Believed that land could not be bought or sold by people
What was the relationship with white Americans like for the Lakota Sioux?
Traded with white americans but fought only to keep control of lands.
Some were willing to sign treaties but the US regularly broke these
What was the relationship with white Americans like for the Cheynne?
Saw trade as key to their survival
Married into white trading families
What was the relationship with white Americans like for the Nez Perce?
Friendly with white americans. Helped to rescue the Lewis and Clarke expedition in the west in 1804-05
