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6 unusual facts about Plains Indians


Alfred A. Taylor

The commission negotiated the Medicine Lodge Treaty with the southern Plains Indians, bringing about their removal to reservations in Indian Territory.

Echinacea

Echinacea angustifolia was widely used by the North American Plains Indians for its general medicinal qualities.

Joaquín del Real Alencaster

So people ( outsiders) of the United States were participating in their jurisdiction, while local traded - as they had always done and to his opposition - with the Plains Indians, especially the Comanche people, traded more irregularly.

John C. Ewers

There, he studied the art and culture of the American Plains Indians under Clark Wissler and received his Masters degree with Honors in 1934.

José Manrique

Manrique continued Maynez's policy of letting the New Mexico colonists embark on large-scale expeditions to trade with the Plains Indians.

Moccasin

The Plains Indians wore hard-sole moccasins, given that their territorial geography featured rock and cacti.


Army on the Frontier

Some of the more notable Indian wars were: the Northwest Indians, 1790–95 and 1811–13; Seminole Wars in Florida, 1817–18, 1835–42 and 1856; Black Hawk War, 1832; Sioux War, 1862–1867; War of the Plains Indians, 1863–69; Sioux and Cheyenne War of 1876-79; and Apache Wars, 1861-90.

Catherine Weldon

Weldon became confidante and private secretary to Sitting Bull during the time when Plains Indians had adopted the Ghost Dance movement.

Counting coup

Counting coup refers to the winning of prestige in battle by the Plains Indians of North America.


see also

Eastern Plains

The Plains Indians that lived in the region included the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux.

Warbonnet

War bonnet, a military decoration developed by the Plains Indians