USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Travois is related to which American Indian group?
A
PlainsIndians
B
Pacific Northwest
C
Inuit
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If you’d like to know some Native American words for travois, the Ojibwe word is niswaakodaabaan (pronounced niss-wah-ko-dah-bahn), and the Lakota Sioux word is hupak’in (pronounced similar to hoo-POCK-een.)

Detailed explanation-2: -These include the Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Lakota, Lipan, Plains Apache (or Kiowa Apache), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwe, Sarsi, Nakoda (Stoney), and Tonkawa.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tipis were used mainly by Plains Indians, such as the Lipan Apache, Comanche and Kiowa, after the Spanish introduced horses into North America about 500 years ago. Plains Indians groups moved across the Great Plains following migrating herds of buffalo that ranged from Canada to Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -ˈtra-ˌvȯiz. : a simple vehicle used by Plains Indians consisting of two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for the load.

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