MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Inuit
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Plains (Pawnee)
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Pacific Northwest
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Early in the 18th century, more than 60, 000 members of the Pawnee Tribe inhabited the area along the North Platt River in Nebraska. The Tribe then, as it is now, was composed of four distinct bands: the Chaui “Grand, ” the Kitkehahki “Republican, ” the Pitahawirata “Tappage” and the Skidi “Wolf.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Although they impacted people wherever they lived, the people most impacted by the buffalo were the nomadic people of the Great Plains. Tribes like the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Sioux, and Comanche, all depended almost entirely on these great animals for subsistence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native American tribes like the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, and Ute all relied on the buffalo for their survival.
Detailed explanation-4: -"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.