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    The ' Plains Indian '

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    The term “Plains Indian” refers to a group of indigenous people who lived on the interior plains of both Midwest America and the southern Canada. Their culture was traditionally nomadic as they survived by hunting and gathering, and often followed the migration of the American Bison. The Bison provided them with their main resource as they used its hide, bones, fat, and fur to make clothing, housing, and tools. Teepees were their traditional form of housing because they were easily constructed and

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    The Sioux are considered Plains Indians part of the Great Plains Culture Area. But since they are in distinctive areas, the lifeway’s of the four branches are differed. The Teton gained stallions, took after the incredible bison crowds, and lived in tipis. The lifestyle of the Yankton and Yanktonai got to be like that of other Missouri River tribes, for example, the Mandan also, HIDATSA, other Siouan-talking people groups. The Yankton and Yanktonai started using steeds in the 1700s and furthermore

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    Plain English Movement

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    Problem Solved? Or A Scratch on the Surface? --Brief analysis on Plain English Movement Writing, generally speaking, ought to be an instrument for conveying ideas from one mind to an-other efficiently. Conventional legal composition, on the contrary, appears to be overwhelmingly complicated to the public. Occurring and then prevailing since the 1970s, the well-known Plain English Movement (we mainly cope with the movement in the USA) seems to have offered a commonly-welcomed solution to this problem

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    The Great Plains Essay

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    Great Plains. The Crow tribe of the Great Plains were nomadic and followed the buffalo migrations which provided their food. This tribe spent a good part of the year living in camps that could easily be dismantled and moved to follow the buffalo migrations. Other tribes of the plains were more sedentary. These tribes lived in permanent villages year round. The Great Plains are located between the South and Midwest regions to the east and the Rocky Mountains to the west. The Great Plains Indians

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    Plains Indian Pottery

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    relationship between native North American and Mesoamerica pottery, to include the exchange or influences of their artistic ideas. The Plains Indian's name came from the fact that they lived in the Great Plains of the United States which extended from the Mississippe to the mountains of Cananda. The Plains Indians main source of food was the buffalo. Called the North American plains people they were forced to migrate with the buffalo or risk starvation. In other words, they were hunters and gatherers moving

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    The Coastal Plains of Texas is a large area that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to beyond the Rio Grande. This region can be divided into 5 distinct areas. • PINE BELT: It extends 75 to 125 miles into Texas from the east and from north to south from the Red River to about 25 miles of the Gulf Coast. The Pine Belt is practically the source of all Texas’ timber production. Lumber is the principle industry. The climate is good for a variety of fruits and vegetables. A great oil field discovered in

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    Life In The Great Plains

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    California’s mild climate was one to provide great living conditions for settlers. Those in the Great Plains were used to constant and drastic changes of the weather. These changes were not gradual. One could experience blizzard, floods, earthquakes, and more in a short period of time. High and low temperatures were also record breaking. Winds were the culprits of the land that was blown away from locations. This became a frequent site as the conditions of the Dust Bowl headed down the wrong direction

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    Plains Indian Culture

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    The term “Plains Indian” refers to a group of indigenous people who lived on the interior plains of both Midwest America and the southern Canada. Their culture was traditionally nomadic as they survived by hunting and gathering, and often followed the migration of the American Bison. The Bison provided them with their main resource as they used its hide, bones, fat, and fur to make clothing, housing, and tools. Teepees were their traditional form of housing (Roth, 1923)because they were easily constructed

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    1.The reasons for the rapid expansion to the Great Plains can be partially drawn from the historical context. In the early 19th century, many Americans had struggled enough to live in the city and to compete with others. They wished to expand the settlement to find "a new excitement," or the new opportunities, which many of them thought was granted by God, the Manifest Destiny. 2. On June 6, some 3000 Lakota camped to do the sacred ritual as the preparation for the war coming up. Praying and vowing

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    Plains Indians Essay

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    For many tribes of Plains Indians whose bison-hunting culture flourished during the 18th and 19th centuries, the sun dance was the major communal religious ceremony . . . the rite celebrates renewal - the spiritual rebirth of participants and their relatives as well as the regeneration of the living earth with all its components . . . The ritual, involving sacrifice and supplication to insure harmony between all living beings, continues to be practiced by many contemporary native Americans. -Elizabeth

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