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Makers of America: Class discussion and exercises
Makers Of America: The Plains Indians
Chapter 26:
The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865 - 1896
Questions for Class Discussion
- Compare the Plains Indians history
and culture, especially before the coming of the whites, to that of the Iroquois
(Chapter 2). How does this comparison prove the assertion that the cultures
of various Indian peoples differed greatly?
- In what ways did the Plains Indians
benefit by the transformation of their way of life brought about by the horse?
In what ways were they harmed?
Suggested Student Exercises
- Examine some photographs or artistic representations
of Plains Indians from the late nineteenth century. Discuss what features
of their culture are portrayed.
- Use the map of Indian reservations in
the text (p. 594) to consider where the Plains Indians were particularly concentrated
after the era of warfare ended. Consider what areas of the United States still
have substantial populations of such plains peoples as the Sioux, Cheyenne,
Kiowa, Crow, and Comanche. (Remember that the Oklahoma Indian territory included
many originally eastern Indian peoples like the Cherokee and the Choctaw.)
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