Question
First Nations Assignment
Fact Chart
Plains:
Food = Pemmican/Bison/Buffalo
Shelter = Tipi
Clothing = tunics, leggings, skirts, breechcloths, & moccasins
Social Organization = ?
Government society = the sun dance was a rite of initation
I think I am supposed to use some or one of these terms for the social organization.
Kinship, Matrilocal, patrilocal, patriarchal, Patrilineal, matrilinral, Bilateral. I am not sure which term out of these fit with the people of the plains.
Please add any more information, thanks
Fact Chart
Plains:
Food = Pemmican/Bison/Buffalo
Shelter = Tipi
Clothing = tunics, leggings, skirts, breechcloths, & moccasins
Social Organization = ?
Government society = the sun dance was a rite of initation
I think I am supposed to use some or one of these terms for the social organization.
Kinship, Matrilocal, patrilocal, patriarchal, Patrilineal, matrilinral, Bilateral. I am not sure which term out of these fit with the people of the plains.
Please add any more information, thanks
Answers
Ms. Sue
Since there were many different tribes of Plains Indians, there were many different types of social organization. This site probably explains it best.
http://critters.50megs.com/native/
http://critters.50megs.com/native/