Life on the Plains

Until the 1800s, buffalo roamed the prairies and hills of the Great PlainsBlack HillsLakotaBonesSelect your answer, as did wild horses. The Black HillsLakotateepeesGreat PlainsSelect your answer tamed the horses and used them to hunt buffalo for food, and for skins which provided clothing and shelter. Many Lakota became expert riders, breeders, and trainers.

"The heart of everything that is," the winter countLakotaBlack HillsGreat PlainsSelect your answer of South Dakota's Great Plains were sacred to the Lakota and were used for religious and social teepeesgatheringswinter counttoolsSelect your answer. There they built toolswinter countgatheringsteepeesSelect your answer and taught values of courage, fortitude, wisdom, and generosity to their children. Important events were tracked by using a calendar called the winter countteepeestoolsgatheringsSelect your answer.

The people of the Great PlainsBonesBlack HillsTailsSelect your answer so relied on the buffalo for food, clothing, shelter, and even BonesTailsteepeestoolsSelect your answer and weapons that they created songs, stories, and dances in the buffalo's honor. In the 1700s, 30 to 100 million buffalo roamed the Plains. Each part of the buffalo was put to use. Nothing was wasted. Horns became spoons, cups, and toys. Black HillsGreat PlainsBonesTailsSelect your answer made tools and weapons. TailsBonesLakotaGreat PlainsSelect your answer became fly brushes or whips.