Daily Life of Plains Indians

Sun Dance
Women Take Care of Village Life
Used buffalo for everything
Lived in Harmony with Nature
Staged Buffalo Drives

in some bands, women asked for advice
special 4-day ceremony (get-together)
in winter, Indians in small bands like buffalo
made clothing, tipis, and tools
wover fun for warm cloth
used sinews for thread
several nations working toward common goals
looked up tree towards Spirits
in some bands, women hunted
members of different bands dance together
tanned hides to make leather
ask for good fortune
meat: food with protein
carve horns and bones into tools
in summer, Indians in large bands like buffalo