Plains Indians

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The Plains Indians were diverse Native American peoples of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting cultures, horse-centered lifestyles, and distinctive tipi dwellings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American peoples
indigenous peoples of North America
adaptedTo horse introduction
affectedBy U.S. Indian Wars
bison extermination
reservation system
westward expansion of the United States
economyBasedOn bison hunting
trade
engagedIn intertribal warfare
trade with Europeans
includes Arapaho
Blackfoot
Cheyenne
Comanche
Crow
Dakota
Hidatsa
linked to: Hidatsa people

Kiowa
linked to: Kiowa people

Lakota
Mandan
Nakota
Omaha
Osage
linked to: Osage Nation

Pawnee
knownFor buffalo hunting
horse culture
nomadic lifestyle
tipi dwellings
languageFamily Algonquian languages
Caddoan languages
Siouan languages
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedIn Great Plains
practiced Sun Dance
shamanism
vision quests
region North America
reliedOn American bison
linked to: Bison bison
socialOrganization bands
tribes
spiritualBelief animism
reverence for the buffalo
timePeriod 19th century
pre-Columbian era
used bows and arrows
buffalo hides
horses
lances
tipis
war bonnets

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Sioux people culturalRegion Plains Indians
Kaw Nation culturalRegion Plains Indians
Indigenous peoples of North America hasSubgroup Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
Arkansas River region historicallyUsedBy Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha people culturalRegion Plains Indians
Pawnee culturalRegionClassification Plains Indians
Crow culturalArea Plains Indians
Sun Dance religiousTradition Plains Indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha culturalArea Plains Indians
Ponca culturalArea Plains Indians
Dakota culturalArea Plains Indians
Indigenous peoples of the Americas hasSubgroup Plains indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Wakan Tanka hasCulturalSignificanceFor Plains Indians
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 historicalContext Plains Indian–United States relations
linked to: Plains Indians
Gall culture Plains Indian
linked to: Plains Indians
Robert H. Lowie notableWork Indians of the Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
Robert H. Lowie ethnographicFocus Plains Indians
South Saskatchewan River historicallyUsedBy Plains Indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha tribe cultureArea Plains Indians
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site associatedWith Northern Plains tribes
linked to: Plains Indians
Wichita peoples culturalRegion Plains Indians
Iowa people culturalRegion Plains Indians
Eastern Dakota culturalRegion Plains Indians
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) hasCombatant Plains Indian coalition
linked to: Plains Indians
Kitkahahki Pawnee culturalRegion Plains Indians
Two Moon culture Plains Indians
Powder River Expedition conflictWith Plains tribes
linked to: Plains Indians
Fort Phil Kearny primaryAdversary Northern Plains tribes
linked to: Plains Indians
Lords of the Plains relatedTo Plains Indians
Hunkpapa Lakota culturalRegion Plains Indians
Miniconjou Lakota culturalArea Plains Indians
Siksikaitsitapi subgroupOf Plains Indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Hide painting hasCulturalOrigin Plains Indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Gros Ventre culturalRegion Plains Indians
Plains Indian religions practicedBy Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
Sun Dance lodge usedBy Plains Indigenous peoples
linked to: Plains Indians
Apsáalooke culturalArea Plains Indians
Museum of the Great Plains hasExhibitTheme Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
Dog Soldiers culture Plains Indians
Southern Cheyenne culturalRegion Plains Indians
Roman Nose culture Plains Indians
Missouria culturalRegion Plains Indians
George Catlin ethnicGroupDocumented Plains Indians
Yankton Sioux culturalRegion Plains Indians
Bureau of American Ethnology notableWorkOn Plains Indians
subject linked to: BAE
Oto people culturalArea Plains Indians
Otoe culturalArea Plains Indians
White Cloud (Mahaska) culture Plains Indian
linked to: Plains Indians