Native Kansans

1. Native Kansans

2. Notebook • CM- 21-31and 33-41 • Illustrated Dictionary- Nomadic, Pueblo, Reservation, Artifact, empire,conquistador, colonize, emigrant. • QFR-1-9 pg. 41 and 1-10 pg. 31 • Graphic Organizer- Using a Venn compare and contrast two Native American tribes. One prehistoric and one historic tribe.

3. Graphic Organizer • Lewis and Clark • Coronado • Bourgmont • Write a short biography of their accomplishments.

4. How They Got Here • 40,000 years ago people were nomadic hunters. • While following their food they crossed a bridge of ice called the Bering straight. • This ice bridge connects Asia to Alaska.

5. Prehistoric Indians • Prehistoric= no written records. • We have to study the artifacts they left behind • Who finds and studies these artifacts????

6. Paleo-Indians • The first to live in Kansas. • Their name means- “the old ones” • Hunted in groups by surrounding and spearing the animal.

7. Archaic Indians • Archaic means “early” or “Primitive” • Were hunters and food gathers • One of their major settlements was found near council grove. • They settled here because of the rock formations around the area.

8. Plains woodland Indians • Adopted the art of making pottery and bows and arrows. • They were also hunters and gathers, but also grew some of their own food. • The growing of their own food led to more stable settlements

9. Village Farmers • More skilled at farming and making pottery. Some settlements even had fishhooks • Once settlements were more permanent, trade began between the settlements

10. Protohistoric Indians • These groups continued to evolve their hunting, gathering, and farming practices. • Crops included beans, corn, squash, and sunflower seeds. • They also developed more tools including knives, scraping tools, and weapon points.

11. Wichita Indians • Lodges- Made with sticks and covered with grass into dome shaped lodges. • 15 people lived in the lodges. • Tribes were divided into at least four bands. Each band was made up of a number of villages and had their own chief. • The women were farmers and men hunted. • Their main source of food was the buffalo, in which they used every part.

12. Kansa Indians • Lived in round earth lodges and tipis. • A good warrior would become chief, then the following chiefs would be his children. • Women farmed while the men would hunt. Twice a year the whole camp would go on a buffalo hunt • Kansa Indians were excellent warriors and considered this practice sacred.

13. Pawnee Indians • Lived in large circular earth lodges. • Lived in protected village because of other unfriendly tribes. • The Pawnee were made of four independent bands. • Women were highly respected and played an important role in the tribe. • Men would hunt and trap. They often traded furs with the white man.

14. Plains Apache Indians • Apache were mainly buffalo hunters. • Did not farm much. • Lived in tipis and round lodge dwellings. • Not much is known about this group.

15. Questions • Why did living on reservations mean that Indians had to give up many of their old ways? • Kiowa kept a pictorial account of their history. • What kind of image do films and television give us of Indians and their way of life?

16. Telling stories and keeping records • Cheyenne used animal skins as canvases to paint stories. They used abstract designs. • Many tribes would tell stories in order to pass down the tradition and history of their tribe.

17. Clothing • Used hides to make their clothing. • They would decorate with bone, shells, and teeth. • Many also painted their bodies. Comanche women would paint the inside of their ears red.

18. Contact with Whites • Most Indians welcomed the new technology and tools that the white man offered, including guns and horses. • Then came the disease, wars, and treaties that the Indians went through as a result of whites coming to Kansas.