Chapter 5
Changes on the Western Frontier
The culture of the Plains Indians declines as white settlers transform the Great Plains. Meanwhile, farmers form the Populist movement to address their economic concerns.
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The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
Chapter 5
Changes on the Western Frontier
SECTION 1
Cultures Clash on the Prairie
SECTION 2
Settling on the Great Plains
SECTION 3
Farmers and the Populist Movement
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Chapter 5
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Cultures Clash on the Prairie
The cattle industry booms in the late 1800s, as the culture of the Plains Indians declines.
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Chapter 5
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Cultures Clash on the Prairie
The Culture of the Plains Indians
Life on the Plains
• Great Plains—grasslands in west-central portion of the U.S.
• East: hunting, farming villages; west: nomadic hunting, gathering
The Horse and the Buffalo
• Horses, guns lead most Plains tribes to nomadic life by mid-1700s
• Trespassing others’ hunting lands causes war; count coup for status
• Buffalo provides many basic needs:
— worship without formal ministers
— meat used for jerky, pemmican
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The Culture of the Plains Indians {continued}
Family Life
• Form family groups with ties to other bands that speak same language
• Men are hunters, warriors; women butcher meat, prepare hides
• Believe in powerful spirits that control natural world
— men or women can become shamans
• Children learn through myths, stories, games, example
• Communal life; leaders rule by