Pictures of Wesern Great Plains Native Americans



Here is a tepee made by Joe, Anna, Jacob, and Kylon

 

Here is a totem pole made by Joe, Anna, Jacob, and Kylon. 



Here is another photo of the tepee made by Joe, Anna, Jacob, and Kylon

This is the inside of the tepee made by Joe, Anna, Jacob, and Kylon.

How the Sun came to be and why the buffalo are hunted.

   One day long ago there was a young boy named Shiriki. He was an ordinary boy, living in a dark, dark world. He always tried to play with the older kids but they just called him shrimp. One day the boy was just sitting on a log. He then he heard news that his dad had been captured and killed by the evil buffalo.

   After he heard the news Shiriki was very angry and wanted revenge. He planed a masterful plan to kill the buffalo. Somewhere in the back of his mind he thought of the fact that many Pawnee soldiers have died of him. The boy says to himself that he would begin his quest when he woke up. When he had awoken he began, he climbed steep cliffs and trudged through bogs. He finally reached the cave of the buffalo's cave. He took one look at the buffalo and fired an arrow aimed directly at the buffalo's heart and it was a bulls-eye.

   After he had done that he sacrificed the buffalo to the great god with all the body parts. The Great God was thrilled the evil buffalo had been slew. The great god then turned the boy into a big ball of light that lit up the world. The Great God then named it a Sun because he was son of his beloved father. The Great God then punished the buffalo putting them on plains to be hunted.

That is how the sun came to be and why buffalo are hunted.

Image: U.S. National Archives at Flickr.com

The Life of a Pawnee boy, named Shiriki

   Hello my name is Shiriki and I am a Pawnee boy. You may think this is a strange name but for me it is perfect. If you were wondering it means Coyote. That totally describes me, fast, skinny but athletic,trouble making, and sneaky. The other day I stole some Bison meat that the men had hunted. Any ways today my brother Kuruk (that means bear in my tongue,)wrestled me and literately beat me in 3 seconds. He sure proved true to his name. Even though he has a huge edge on me in power sports I crush him in mental, endurance, and speed sports. For example Lacrosse I always win. Speaking of Lacrosse my village team played in the championships against the Sioux. We won a  nail biting game 29-28... I scored the winning goal!!! Enough about sports, I finally got to go hunting with my dad...  A coincidence happened while I was hunting, I caught a COYOTE. Strange, Huh? Finally I hope you had a good day diary. Did you?

                                                 - Shiriki            

 Here is a picture of my family's teepee.      

Sources:

Image from SMU Central University Libraries 

at Flickr.com .

Pawnee Tribe Information

   Do you want to know all about the Pawnee Native Americans? This paper is all you need to know about the Pawnee Native Americans. Enjoy!
Food
   Some meat the Pawnee Indians ate were bison, turkey, and pemmican. Pemmican is dried meat powder mixed with dried pounded berries and melted fat. The fruits and vegetables in their diet were wild plums, wild grapes, sand cherries, wild potatoes, turnips, peas, corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins.
Climate
   The Pawnee summers are around the 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In the winter it is normally around 30 degrees Fahrenheit. July has an average temperature of 93.60 degrees Fahrenheit. There are around 39.39 inches of rain a year. In May there are about 5.59 inches of rain.
Entertainment
   Some things entertained the Pawnee Native Americans. The girls mostly played with dolls. The young men would hunt with their dads. The young children would help prepare food with their mothers, and play the hoop and stick game. The older men would gamble, and fish. All ages would all dance together in a ceremony.
Interesting Facts
   The Pawnee lived in Nebraska, and Kansas. The Pawnee lived in hidden earth lodges but on hunting trips they used tepees. Pawnee Native Americans traveled by a dog pulling a travois.
(A travois is a sled like object.) Pawnee Indians made pottery, woven baskets, and hide paintings.
Culture
   The Pawnee Native Americans had a pretty strong culture. They had a dance most often. They would dance before certain events like a hunt or cropping. Another part of their culture is to hunt. That is one of the most used culture of the Pawnee Native Americans. One more tradition they followed was a Potlatch. A Potlatch is a party that celebrates an important event. One example is a birthday or a graduation of something.
Religions
   The Pawnee Tribe believed a healer called a Shaman could heal using animal spirits. The Pawnee would bury their tribe members according to ranks. The elders were valued highly in burial. A normal Pawnee citizen after death would become a star. The cowards would instead Travel to a village of spirits in the South. The Pawnee also believed that witchcraft and anger were the main causes of diseases.
I hope you enjoyed my paper about The Pawnee Tribe. I also hope you learned SO much about Pawnee Native Americans. Bye!