Plateau IndiansThe tradition of the Plateau People. By Allie Morris and Lane Brinson!!!

Plateau Indians Clothing.

The plateau Indians wore deer hides for clothing. The women wore deer hide dresses for the ordinary clothing. Whereas, the men wore deer hide leggings. Both men and women wore moccasins.

Plateau Indians ceremonial clothing.

The Plateau people had very beautiful ceremonial clothing (as seen to right).They’re beadwork was beautiful. They were very talented in hand work.

Plateau Indians meat . The Plateau Indians had many meat choices. They ate fish, deer, elk, and buffalo that the Plateau Indian men hunted.

The fish they usually ate was speared.

Plateau fruits and vegetables The Plateau Indians

had a variety fruits and vegetables. They grew beans and corn. The Plateau Indian women gathered berries, nuts, seeds , and a very special root that tastes sort of like a potato called a camas root.

Plateau Indians Teepee Since the Plateau region

is so close to the Great Plains region the Plateau Indians do build teepees. The teepees are usually made from 10 to 18 buffalo hides. Also they used the tendon of the buffalo to tie the shape of the teepee together(in which they made the shape from the very few trees they did have).

Plateau Indians Earth homes and Long Houses

The Plateau Indians also built earth homes and long houses. To build the earth homes the Plateau Indians would dig a big hole and cover it up with dirt(as seen to top right).They also would build long houses. They built these by first making the frame by using long wooden poles and then they covered it up using hides and tree bark.

Interaction with White Man At first the interaction with

white man was friendly. Until, the white man pushed them onto land reserves because they wanted they’re land. But then, the chief(Chief Joseph seen to right bottom)led a expedition to Canada during the war. Along the way white man diseases like small pox killed hundreds in the tribe. Sadly, when they were only 40 miles from the border white man attacked and killed everybody.

Interesting fact!! Surprisingly the plateau

people did make pots. Not only did the Southwest people make beautiful pots so did the plateau people (As seen to right).

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Information from Britannica and My history book called “History Alive”.

Images from Google images.

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