FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Their favorite shape was a triangle.
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They would pick up and move to follow the herd of donkeys they were hunting.
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The liked the way they could easily set them up and take them down if there was bad weather.
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They would pick up and move to follow the herd of buffalo they were hunting.
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Detailed explanation-1: -These groups needed homes that could be quickly taken down and rebuilt again, so they lived in tent-like structures made of buffalo skins called tepees. (The Wichita people and a few other Plains tribes stayed in one place to farm the land, living in beehive-shaped houses made of grass.)
Detailed explanation-2: -The Plains Indians lived in tipis because they are easily disassembled and so allow a lifestyle of following game. The tipi was durable, provided warmth and comfort in winter, was dry during heavy rains, and was cool in the heat of summer.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tipi. The Indians on the Plains hunted the huge herds of buffalo that roamed the grasslands. They used the meat, the hides, the bones, and virtually all parts of the buffalo to make almost everything they needed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: After the expansion of the USA settlement, the natives were forced to move after signing treaties and selling their land. The natives were paid very low price for the land they sold.
Detailed explanation-5: -"Critical to their survival, bison not only provided American Indians with food, shelter and tools, but a model on how to live. To American Indians, bison also represent their spirit and remind them of how their lives were once lived, free and in harmony with nature.