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The Sioux,[object Object],of the Great Plains,[object Object]
Table of Contents,[object Object],The Great Plains…………………………………………………………………………2,[object Object],Sioux Homes………………………………………………………………………………3,[object Object],Sioux Clothes……………………………………………………………………………..4,[object Object],Sioux Food……………………………………..………………………………………….5 ,[object Object],Crafts…………………………………………………………………………………………6,[object Object],Glossary……………………………………………………………………………….……7,[object Object],1,[object Object]
The Great Plains,[object Object],     The Great Plains spreads around South Dakota,  Wyoming, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and more.   The land has vast grasslands.  The temperature is so hot and dry it stings your eyes in the summer.  In North Dakota it gets very, very cold in the winter.  The Rocky Mountains border the Great Plains.  The Great Plains also hold the Minnesota River. Our tribe the Sioux lived there.,[object Object],The environment of the Great Plains.,[object Object],The Great Plains is in the middle of the United States.,[object Object],2,[object Object]
Sioux Homes,[object Object],     The Sioux lived in buildings called teepees made out of buffalo hide and tall poles.  Teepees are tall structures that are cone shaped. The Sioux set fires in the teepees.  The teepees had flaps at the top to let out the smoke from the fires.  A small family had a small one room teepee. The Sioux painted their teepees.  The teepees could be set up and taken down in minutes. Setting up and taking down the teepees was one of the women's many jobs. They had teepees because they had to follow the buffalo around the plains to get food to eat.  ,[object Object],A tepee from the Sioux tribe.,[object Object],This is a tepee that a Sioux would live in.,[object Object],3,[object Object]
Sioux Food,[object Object],     Most of the food that the Sioux tribe ate was buffalo.  They ate buffalo boiled, broiled, dried sometimes raw and they also ate the fat.  The other meat they ate was bear, deer, antelope, turkey and prairie chicken.  The fruits and vegetables they ate were cherries, berries, plums, potatoes, spinach and prairie turnips.  Thy also ate quail, raccoon, and skunk.  They used the buffalo bones for tools. They also used buffalo sinew for thread. ,[object Object],This is some of the food that the Sioux would eat.,[object Object],4,[object Object]
Sioux Clothes,[object Object],     The Sioux boys wore deerskin shirts and leggings.  The girls wore long dresses and leggings.  They were mostly made out of animal skins.  The girls dresses were often beaded.  The moccasins were always beaded.  The chiefs wore feathered headdresses.  The Sioux decorated their clothes for special occasions with elk teeth, bear claws, feathers and fur. ,[object Object],This is what the Sioux girls and women would wear.,[object Object],5,[object Object]
Sioux Crafts,[object Object],     The Sioux women used porcupine quills and beads to decorate clothing and bags.  The children made leather dolls for toys. The babies got beaded rattles as toys.  The toys and tools were often made from the bones of buffalo.  A special needle called an awl was made out of buffalo bone.  Some bones made good painting sticks.  Buffalo sinew was used as thread.  Spoons and cups were sometimes made out of buffalo horns.  Fine pots were made out of cleaned out buffalo stomach.  The pots could carry food and water.,[object Object],This is some of the things that the Sioux tribe would make.,[object Object],This is a leather doll that a Sioux girl would make.,[object Object],6,[object Object]
Glossary,[object Object],Flaps: flat pieces attached along one side and loose on the other ,[object Object],Grassland: an area of land, such as a prairie, covered with grass,[object Object],Headdress: a fancy covering or decoration worn on the head,[object Object],Porcupine: a large rodent covered with long sharp quills that are used for protection,[object Object],Sinew: a strong cord of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone,[object Object],7,[object Object]

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