The Great Plains was by far the largest area of ancient America. This region was made up of flat grasslands and open prairies. They lived in tepeis made of buffalo hide. Now, why do people today think of the Great Plains when they think of Native Americans? Well, it's because these indians fought fiercely for their lands when settlers moved westward. Much of the contact the Great Plains indians had with whites have been depicted on TV, in movies, and in artwork. The indians of this region were nomadic, setting a lifestyle around hunting buffalo. Buffalo was by far the most popular wild game of this region. The Great Plains indians would not only eat buffalo, they would also use its hides to make robes and clothing, and its horns and bones to make tools and weapons. The most popular hunting tools of this region were the bow and arrow and lances. The well known tribes of the Great Plains were the Sioux (Dakota and Lakota), Crow, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Arapaho, Sarsi, Comanche, Kiowa, Mandan, Hidatsa, Iowa, Oto, Missouri, Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, Wichita, Caddo, and Arikara.
Sioux indian herding horses
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