THE TRIBE IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MINNESOTA. ABOUT 45 FAMILIES ARE LIVE ON 1743 ACRES. A TOTAL OF 982 RESIDE ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE SERVICE AREA.
LOWER SIOUX WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO OUR BAND AFTER TREATIES IN THE LOWEER SIOUXBECAME PART OF MIDEWAKANTON BAND OF DAKOTA. DAKOTAS TRANSLATES TO FRIEND. THEIR TRADITIONAL HOME WAS (CANSA-YAPI. OR 'WHERE THEY MARKED THE TREES RED). THEY HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR CULTURAL HISTORY.
THEIR HISTORY IS IN MINNESOTA OR A PLACE WHERE WATER REFLECTS THE SKY. THE DAKOTA HAVE TRAINED HERE SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES. PRIOR TO 1862 THE MINNESOTA DAKOTA KNOWN BY THE FREWNCH TERM "SIOUX" CONSISTED OF FOUR BAND WHO LIVED ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER.
IN 1862 THEY FOUGHT A WAR AGAINST THE US FOR NOT FUFILLING TREATIES, FOR NOT PROVIDING MONIES FOR LANDS, HEALTH CARE AND FOOD. THE U.S. KILLED SO MANY SIOUX AND NULLIFIED THE TREATIES AND REMOVED ALL DAKOTAS FROM MINNISOTA. IN 1863 THE U.S. GAVE UP TO 80 ACRES TO EACH EACH LOYALIST INDIAN WHO KEPT UP THE LAND. IN 2006 THEY CREATED A TRIBAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE CULTURAL RESOURCES. THEY STILL HAVE LOOTING OF SOME SITES.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
IOWA TRIBE IN MINNESOTA
THE FRENCH CALLED THEM 'AYUHWA' OR SLEEPY ONES. SKINNER STATE THAT IOWA WAS THEIR PREFERED NAME. THEY ALSO HAD AN ALGONQUIN NAME MEANING 'DAKOTA OF THE PRAIRIES'. THE IOWA WERE OF THE SIOUAN STOCK AND OF THE CHIWERE SUBDIVISION.
THEY MOVED ABOUT A GREAT DEAL WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. IN EARLY HISTORICAL PERIOD THE IOWA WERE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS THE UPPER IOWA. LATER THEY MOVED TO NORTHWEST IOWA AND PROBABLY EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. BY 1690'S THEY SETTLED NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS. ABOUT 1760'S THEY MOVED EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER.
IN THE 1800'S THEY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DAKOTAS AND SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY. AFTER TREATIES WERE CEDED THEY GAVE MOST OF THE LAND IN MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, AND IOWA AWAY.
THE IOWA LANGUAGE IS CALLED 'BA-KHO-JE (GREAT SNOW). THE ORAL HISTORY RELATES HOW OUR VILLAGES IN WINTER WERE COVERED WITH FIRE SMOKED GRAY SNOW. THEIR ELDERS WERE COVERED BY TELL THAT THEIR LANDS WERE BEYOND THE GREAT WATERS WHERE THE SUN RISES REDDENING THE LAND. IOWA STATE WAS NAMED AFTER THESE INDIANS.
IN THE 1600'S THE IOWAS DESCENDANTS OF THE ONEOTA, WERE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THEY LIVED IN SPIRIT LAKE REGION. THEY MOVED SOUTH TO THE VICINITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. MANY LIVED ON THE DES MOINES RIVER, GRAND AND PLATTE RIVERS. A TREATY OF 1836 ASSIGNED PART OF THEM TO A RESERVATION ALONG THE MEMAHA RIVER IN NEBRASKA. BY 1883 THE ORIGINAL IOWA RESERVATION IS IN OKLAHOMA WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO TRIBES.
THE WAY OF LIFE WITHIN THE THE IOWAY PEOPLE HAS SURVIVED BY A DEEP SPIRITUALITY AND STRENGTH THAT ENABLED THEM TO CONCIEVE IN THEIR OWN WAY HOE TO SUSTAIN HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES.
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THEY MOVED ABOUT A GREAT DEAL WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. IN EARLY HISTORICAL PERIOD THE IOWA WERE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS THE UPPER IOWA. LATER THEY MOVED TO NORTHWEST IOWA AND PROBABLY EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. BY 1690'S THEY SETTLED NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS. ABOUT 1760'S THEY MOVED EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER.
IN THE 1800'S THEY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DAKOTAS AND SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY. AFTER TREATIES WERE CEDED THEY GAVE MOST OF THE LAND IN MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, AND IOWA AWAY.
THE IOWA LANGUAGE IS CALLED 'BA-KHO-JE (GREAT SNOW). THE ORAL HISTORY RELATES HOW OUR VILLAGES IN WINTER WERE COVERED WITH FIRE SMOKED GRAY SNOW. THEIR ELDERS WERE COVERED BY TELL THAT THEIR LANDS WERE BEYOND THE GREAT WATERS WHERE THE SUN RISES REDDENING THE LAND. IOWA STATE WAS NAMED AFTER THESE INDIANS.
IN THE 1600'S THE IOWAS DESCENDANTS OF THE ONEOTA, WERE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THEY LIVED IN SPIRIT LAKE REGION. THEY MOVED SOUTH TO THE VICINITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. MANY LIVED ON THE DES MOINES RIVER, GRAND AND PLATTE RIVERS. A TREATY OF 1836 ASSIGNED PART OF THEM TO A RESERVATION ALONG THE MEMAHA RIVER IN NEBRASKA. BY 1883 THE ORIGINAL IOWA RESERVATION IS IN OKLAHOMA WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO TRIBES.
THE WAY OF LIFE WITHIN THE THE IOWAY PEOPLE HAS SURVIVED BY A DEEP SPIRITUALITY AND STRENGTH THAT ENABLED THEM TO CONCIEVE IN THEIR OWN WAY HOE TO SUSTAIN HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES.
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ILLINOIS TRIBE IN IOWA
THE ILLINOIS WAS A CONFEDERACY OF ALGONQUIN TRIBES FORMALLY OCCUPYING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, AND MISSIPPI. THE JESUIT RELATION FOR 1660 REPRESENTED THEM AS LIVING IN IN 60 VILLAGES IN GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN. THEY HAD ABOUT 70,O0O FOLKS.
THE ANGLOS FIRST CAME INTO CONTACT IN 1667 FOR TRADE. SOME VILLAGES WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THE ILLINOIS WERE CONSTANTLY HARASSED BY THE THE SIOUX, FOXES AND OTHER NORTH TRIBES. ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE FRENCH WEAKENED THEM WITH LIQUOR AND THE IROQUIOS RAGED WAR WITH THEM.
IN 1750 THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 2000 FOLKS LEFT. IN 1769 THE LAKE TRIBES ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER BEGAN A WAR WITH THE ILLINOIS AND REDUCED THEM TO VERY FEW. ALL THE NEIBORING TRIBES TOOK POSSESSION OF OF THEIR COUNTRY. BY 1850 THERE WERE ABOUT 150 ILLINI LEFT, REPRESENTED BY KASKASKIA AND PEORIA. THEY SOLD THEIR LAND MOVED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ARE NOW IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE WEA AND OPIAKSHAWE. MANY HAVE MARRIED ANGLOS.
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THE ANGLOS FIRST CAME INTO CONTACT IN 1667 FOR TRADE. SOME VILLAGES WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THE ILLINOIS WERE CONSTANTLY HARASSED BY THE THE SIOUX, FOXES AND OTHER NORTH TRIBES. ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE FRENCH WEAKENED THEM WITH LIQUOR AND THE IROQUIOS RAGED WAR WITH THEM.
IN 1750 THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 2000 FOLKS LEFT. IN 1769 THE LAKE TRIBES ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER BEGAN A WAR WITH THE ILLINOIS AND REDUCED THEM TO VERY FEW. ALL THE NEIBORING TRIBES TOOK POSSESSION OF OF THEIR COUNTRY. BY 1850 THERE WERE ABOUT 150 ILLINI LEFT, REPRESENTED BY KASKASKIA AND PEORIA. THEY SOLD THEIR LAND MOVED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ARE NOW IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE WEA AND OPIAKSHAWE. MANY HAVE MARRIED ANGLOS.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
NORTHERN ARAPAHO IN WYOMING
THE ARAPAHO IN WYOMING ARE ONE IN FOUR GROUPS WHO LIVED IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE ARKANSAW AND PLATTE RIVERS. THEY SPEAK ALGONQUIN. THEY ARE CULTURALLY RELATED TO THE PLAINS INDIANS AND SOCIALLY ARE DISTINCT. IN 1851 THEY SHARED THE LAND OF 1/6TH OF WYOMING. BY 1868 THE TREATY LEFT THEM WITHOUT A LAND BASE AND THEY WERE PLACED WITH THE SHOSHONI IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING. THEY ARE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE. THEY WERE KNOWN AS GREAT BUFFALO HUNTERS. BEFORE WYOMING THEY CAME FROM MINNISOTA BEFORE EUROPEAN EXPANSION FORCED THEM WESTWARD. THEY BECAME A SEDENTARY PEOPLE WITH AGRICULTURE. HOWEVER THAT CHANGED WHEN THEY MOVED WEST AND WERE MORE NOMADIC FOLLOWING BUFFALO HERDS.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE INUNA-INA THAT TRANSLATES TO
'OUR PEOPLE'. THEY ALLIED WITH THE CHEYENNES AND LOOSELY WITH THE SIOUX. THEE BUFFALO PROVIDED MUCH OF WHAT THEY NEEDED. THEY GATHERED VBERRIES TOO. THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE SUN DANCE AND FASTED BEFORE IT, PAINTING THEIR BODIES IN DIFFERENT COLORS. THEY ARE GREATLYSPIRITUAL AND BELIEVED IN 'BEHETEIHT'. THEY HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEMSELVES, THE ANIMALS AND THEIR LAND.
THEY WERE AT PEACE WITH THE SIOUX, KIOWA, AND COMANCHE, BUT ALWAYS UNFRIENDLY TO THE SHOSHONE AND PAWNEE. BY 1868 THEY WERE PLACED ON A RESERVATION WITH SHOSHONI IN WYOMING DUE TO LOOSING THEIR LAND.
TODAY THE NORTHERN ARAPAHO LIVE ON WIND RIVER RESERVATION NEAR LANDER, WYOMING. IT HAS 2.2 MILLION ACRE RESERVE AND IS SHARED BY EASTERN SHOSHONI AND NORTHERN ARAPAHO. ONE SIFGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THEIR INDUSTRIES IS THAT MANY HAVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SO THAT THEIR COMPANIES FOR ECOTOURISM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POWER GENERATION, OIL, GAS AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ARE VALUABLE.
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THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE INUNA-INA THAT TRANSLATES TO
'OUR PEOPLE'. THEY ALLIED WITH THE CHEYENNES AND LOOSELY WITH THE SIOUX. THEE BUFFALO PROVIDED MUCH OF WHAT THEY NEEDED. THEY GATHERED VBERRIES TOO. THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE SUN DANCE AND FASTED BEFORE IT, PAINTING THEIR BODIES IN DIFFERENT COLORS. THEY ARE GREATLYSPIRITUAL AND BELIEVED IN 'BEHETEIHT'. THEY HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEMSELVES, THE ANIMALS AND THEIR LAND.
THEY WERE AT PEACE WITH THE SIOUX, KIOWA, AND COMANCHE, BUT ALWAYS UNFRIENDLY TO THE SHOSHONE AND PAWNEE. BY 1868 THEY WERE PLACED ON A RESERVATION WITH SHOSHONI IN WYOMING DUE TO LOOSING THEIR LAND.
TODAY THE NORTHERN ARAPAHO LIVE ON WIND RIVER RESERVATION NEAR LANDER, WYOMING. IT HAS 2.2 MILLION ACRE RESERVE AND IS SHARED BY EASTERN SHOSHONI AND NORTHERN ARAPAHO. ONE SIFGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THEIR INDUSTRIES IS THAT MANY HAVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SO THAT THEIR COMPANIES FOR ECOTOURISM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POWER GENERATION, OIL, GAS AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ARE VALUABLE.
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CHEYENNE INDIANS IN WYOMING
CHEYENNE INDIANS IN WYOMING SPEAK ALGONQUIN AND ARE ACTUALLY TWO NATIONS. THE SUTAIO AND THE TSITSISPAIS. THEY BRANCHED OFF OTHER TRIBES IN PRESENT DAY MINNESOTA ABOUT 1500 A.D.. IN HISTORIC TIMES THEY MIGRATED WEST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND INTO NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CHEYENNE FORMED A UNIQUE AUTHORITY WITH RITUAL CEREMONIES. THEY SETTLED IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA AND WERE INTRODUCED TO THE HORSE IN 1730.
THEY FORMED INTO 10 BANDS ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO COLORADO. THEY DANCED THE SUN DANCE. SOME BANDS BEGAN TO SPLIT. SOME BANDS CHOSE TO REMAIN NEAR THE BLACK HILLS.
THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE, CALLED NOTAMEO-HMESEHESES, MEANS NORTHERN EATERS. TODAY THEY LIVE IN NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE.
THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE MEANS "ROPED PEOPLE" TOGETHER WITH THE SOUTHERN ARAPAHO. THEY HAVE FEDERAL RECOGNITION IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 12,000 FOLKS INCLUDING ARAPAHO. THEY HAVE INTERMARRIED SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE THE TRIBES.
THE CHEYENNE NATION'S 2 TRIBES HAD ALWAYS TRAVELED TOGETHER. THE CHEYENNE OF MONTANA AND OKLAHOMA SPEAK CHEYENNE. ONLY A HANDFUL OF FOLKS KNOW HOW THESE TWO TRIBES DIFFER.
THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL RECORD IS A GROUP OF CHEYENNE VISITING A FRENCH FORT NEAR CHICAGO IN 1650'S. THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM THIS AREA BY ASSIMBOINE, THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE ANCIENTS. CHEYENNE VILLAGE IS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ALONG THE CHEYENNE RIVER. THEY ADOPTED PATTERNS OF THE MANDAN HIDATSA AND ARIKARA NATIONS. THE LAKOTA TOOK OVER CHEYENNE LAND IN THE BLACK HILLS BY 1776.
THEY HAD FOUR MEMBER COUNCIL TO DELIBERATE AT TRIBAL GATHERINGS. THEY DEVELOPED A CEREMONY CALLED THE SACRED ARROWS WHEN THEY WAGED TRIBAL LEVEL WAR. BY 1800'S THEY REPLACED SEDENTARY LIFE WITH NOMADIC CULTURE AND TIPIS. THEY KILLED BISON AND COLLECTED WILD FRUITS AND BERRIES.
BY 1800 THEY HUNTED AND TRADED HORSES SOUTH TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER. THEY TRADED WITH SPANISH, FRENCH, AND OTHER NORTH AMERICAN TRIBES. UNTIL 1860'S THEY CONTINUED WARFARE WITH NEIGHBORING NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. IN 1825 A TREATY OF HENRY ATKINSON AND AGENT BEN O FALLON ACCOMPANIED A MILITARY ESCORT OF 476 MEN. THEY NEGOTIATED TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND TRADED WITH THE TRIBES.
THE TREATIES VOWED PERPETUAL FRIENDSHIP U.S. AND TRIBES. IT GAVE THE U.S. THE RIGHTS TO REGULATE TRADE. DURING THE GOLD RUSH, EMIGRANTS BROUGHT CHOLERA AND ABOUT 1/10TH OF THE MINERS DIED FROM IT. ABOUT 1/2 TO 2/3RDS OF CHEYENNE DIED FROM IT TOO.
IN 1856 CHEYENNE ATTACKED TRAVELERSAND THE US CALVALRY.
A CHEYENNE WOMAN HAS HIGHER STAUS IF SHE IS PART OF AN EXTENDED FAMILY WITH DISTINGUISHED ANCESTORS AND GETS ALONG WELL WITH OTHERS. AND HER STATUS INCREASES IF SHE IS SKILLED IN CRAFTS AND THEIR HISTORY.
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THEY FORMED INTO 10 BANDS ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO COLORADO. THEY DANCED THE SUN DANCE. SOME BANDS BEGAN TO SPLIT. SOME BANDS CHOSE TO REMAIN NEAR THE BLACK HILLS.
THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE, CALLED NOTAMEO-HMESEHESES, MEANS NORTHERN EATERS. TODAY THEY LIVE IN NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE.
THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE MEANS "ROPED PEOPLE" TOGETHER WITH THE SOUTHERN ARAPAHO. THEY HAVE FEDERAL RECOGNITION IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 12,000 FOLKS INCLUDING ARAPAHO. THEY HAVE INTERMARRIED SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE THE TRIBES.
THE CHEYENNE NATION'S 2 TRIBES HAD ALWAYS TRAVELED TOGETHER. THE CHEYENNE OF MONTANA AND OKLAHOMA SPEAK CHEYENNE. ONLY A HANDFUL OF FOLKS KNOW HOW THESE TWO TRIBES DIFFER.
THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL RECORD IS A GROUP OF CHEYENNE VISITING A FRENCH FORT NEAR CHICAGO IN 1650'S. THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM THIS AREA BY ASSIMBOINE, THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE ANCIENTS. CHEYENNE VILLAGE IS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ALONG THE CHEYENNE RIVER. THEY ADOPTED PATTERNS OF THE MANDAN HIDATSA AND ARIKARA NATIONS. THE LAKOTA TOOK OVER CHEYENNE LAND IN THE BLACK HILLS BY 1776.
THEY HAD FOUR MEMBER COUNCIL TO DELIBERATE AT TRIBAL GATHERINGS. THEY DEVELOPED A CEREMONY CALLED THE SACRED ARROWS WHEN THEY WAGED TRIBAL LEVEL WAR. BY 1800'S THEY REPLACED SEDENTARY LIFE WITH NOMADIC CULTURE AND TIPIS. THEY KILLED BISON AND COLLECTED WILD FRUITS AND BERRIES.
BY 1800 THEY HUNTED AND TRADED HORSES SOUTH TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER. THEY TRADED WITH SPANISH, FRENCH, AND OTHER NORTH AMERICAN TRIBES. UNTIL 1860'S THEY CONTINUED WARFARE WITH NEIGHBORING NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. IN 1825 A TREATY OF HENRY ATKINSON AND AGENT BEN O FALLON ACCOMPANIED A MILITARY ESCORT OF 476 MEN. THEY NEGOTIATED TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND TRADED WITH THE TRIBES.
THE TREATIES VOWED PERPETUAL FRIENDSHIP U.S. AND TRIBES. IT GAVE THE U.S. THE RIGHTS TO REGULATE TRADE. DURING THE GOLD RUSH, EMIGRANTS BROUGHT CHOLERA AND ABOUT 1/10TH OF THE MINERS DIED FROM IT. ABOUT 1/2 TO 2/3RDS OF CHEYENNE DIED FROM IT TOO.
IN 1856 CHEYENNE ATTACKED TRAVELERSAND THE US CALVALRY.
A CHEYENNE WOMAN HAS HIGHER STAUS IF SHE IS PART OF AN EXTENDED FAMILY WITH DISTINGUISHED ANCESTORS AND GETS ALONG WELL WITH OTHERS. AND HER STATUS INCREASES IF SHE IS SKILLED IN CRAFTS AND THEIR HISTORY.
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CROW INDIANS IN WYOMING
THE TRIBE OF CROW GAVE THEMSELVES THE NAME APSAALOOKE - "CHILDREN OF THE LARGE BEAKED BIRD". THE CHILDREN DO WHAT WE DO TODAY. THEY LIKE TO GO HUNTING AND FISHING AND HELP AROUND THE HOUSE. THEY PLAY THE HOOP GAME. THE MOTHER'S CARRY THEIR BABIES ON THEIR BACK!
THE CROW WOMEN WERE IN CHARGE OF THE HOME, RESPONSIBLE FOR FEEDING AND DEFENDING THEIR FAMILIES. SOMETIMES A CROW MIGHT RIDE INTO BATTLE WIH THE MEN OR EVEN BECOME CHIEF (RARE). BOTH TOLD STORIES, PLAYED MUSIC AND DID ART WORK.
THEIR HOUSES WERE TALL AND CONE SHAPED BUFFALO HIDE TIPIS. SINCE THE CROW MOVED FREQUENTLY IN THE PAST, A TIPIS WAS DESIGNED TO BREAK DOWN QUICKLY AND MOVE EASILY. TODAY THEY OBNLY BUILD THEM FOR FUN. THE WOMEN WORE LONG DEERSKIN MOCCASINS AND DRESSES AND THE MEN WORE BREACHCLOTHS OR LEATHER LEGGINGS. THEIR CLOTHING WAS FRINGED. THEY BEADED THEIR CEREMONIAL SHIRTS. THEIR LEADERS SOMETIMES WORE LONG WARBONNETS AND THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEM.
THEY ONLY CUT THEIR HAIR WHEN MOURNING SOME MEN WOVE THEIR HAIR LONGER BY USING HORSEHAIR. CROW MEN AND WOMEN WORE THEIR HAIR LOOSE OR IN TWO BRAIDS. THEY PAINTED THEIR FACES, THEY USED DIFFERENT PATTERNS FOR WAR PAINT. THEY USED DOGS TO PULL TRAVOIS. THEY WERE HUNTERS OF DEER, ELK, AND BUFFALO. SOME BANDS RAISED CORN IN GARDENS AND OTHERS GREW TOBBACCO. SOMETIMES THEY TRADED CORN. THE WOMEN GATHERED FRUIT AND OTHER PLANTS.
THE CROW TRADED WITH OTHERS AS WELL ASFOUGHT WARS. THEY FOUGHT TO PROVE THEIR COURAGE RATHER THAN TO GAIN LAND.
SO THEY PLAINS WAR PARTIES RARELY FOUGHT TO DESTROY EACH OTHER. THEY COULD STEAL A HORE OR WEAPON, OR FORCE THE OTHER TRIBE TO RELOCATE. SOMETIMES THEY WERE ALLIES AND OTHER TIMES FIGHTING.
THEY ARE KNOWN FOR EMBROIDERY, BEADWORK, AND CARVING ARTS. STORYTELLING IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. THEIR RELIGION WAS VERY COMPLEX.
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THE CROW WOMEN WERE IN CHARGE OF THE HOME, RESPONSIBLE FOR FEEDING AND DEFENDING THEIR FAMILIES. SOMETIMES A CROW MIGHT RIDE INTO BATTLE WIH THE MEN OR EVEN BECOME CHIEF (RARE). BOTH TOLD STORIES, PLAYED MUSIC AND DID ART WORK.
THEIR HOUSES WERE TALL AND CONE SHAPED BUFFALO HIDE TIPIS. SINCE THE CROW MOVED FREQUENTLY IN THE PAST, A TIPIS WAS DESIGNED TO BREAK DOWN QUICKLY AND MOVE EASILY. TODAY THEY OBNLY BUILD THEM FOR FUN. THE WOMEN WORE LONG DEERSKIN MOCCASINS AND DRESSES AND THE MEN WORE BREACHCLOTHS OR LEATHER LEGGINGS. THEIR CLOTHING WAS FRINGED. THEY BEADED THEIR CEREMONIAL SHIRTS. THEIR LEADERS SOMETIMES WORE LONG WARBONNETS AND THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEM.
THEY ONLY CUT THEIR HAIR WHEN MOURNING SOME MEN WOVE THEIR HAIR LONGER BY USING HORSEHAIR. CROW MEN AND WOMEN WORE THEIR HAIR LOOSE OR IN TWO BRAIDS. THEY PAINTED THEIR FACES, THEY USED DIFFERENT PATTERNS FOR WAR PAINT. THEY USED DOGS TO PULL TRAVOIS. THEY WERE HUNTERS OF DEER, ELK, AND BUFFALO. SOME BANDS RAISED CORN IN GARDENS AND OTHERS GREW TOBBACCO. SOMETIMES THEY TRADED CORN. THE WOMEN GATHERED FRUIT AND OTHER PLANTS.
THE CROW TRADED WITH OTHERS AS WELL ASFOUGHT WARS. THEY FOUGHT TO PROVE THEIR COURAGE RATHER THAN TO GAIN LAND.
SO THEY PLAINS WAR PARTIES RARELY FOUGHT TO DESTROY EACH OTHER. THEY COULD STEAL A HORE OR WEAPON, OR FORCE THE OTHER TRIBE TO RELOCATE. SOMETIMES THEY WERE ALLIES AND OTHER TIMES FIGHTING.
THEY ARE KNOWN FOR EMBROIDERY, BEADWORK, AND CARVING ARTS. STORYTELLING IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. THEIR RELIGION WAS VERY COMPLEX.
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THIS WEEK'S THEME WAS DIVERSITY. DIVERSITY ATTACTS WHAT WE DO AND COLLECT. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OURSELVES IS WHAT WE TELL OURSELVES. FEAR LIKRS TO SHARE THE CENTER STAGE. HOWEVER WE ALWAYS HAVE POTENTIAL TO REINVENT OURSELVES. STAND NEXT TO PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE FEAR, PRAY EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DOING WELL, AS YOU MAY NEED IT LATER.
JESUS SAID USE THE BIBLE IN HARMONY. WITH THE LORD'S PRAYER HE SAID LET ME TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
JESUS SAID USE THE BIBLE IN HARMONY. WITH THE LORD'S PRAYER HE SAID LET ME TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
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