Lakota

Think of all the Native American tribe names you know. Make a list.

 

Cherokee
Iroquois
Mohawk

 

Those are the only tribe names I know, and remember learning. I googled it out of curiosity and found out there are 566 federally recognized Native American tribes today. It's sad that we aren't introduced to all of these cultures.

 

In class we were given a list of 5 Native American Tribes. We participated in a jigsaw and created professional groups to research a single tribe. My group research the Lakota tribe. Prior to this research i knew absolutely nothing about the tribe and never even heard of them. I learned they are one of the Sioux tribes. This was a huge tribe in the West and controlled most of the land West of the Mississippi river.

 

We learned they originally populated all the Rocky Mountain ranges. White influence caused the Native American Tribe to move locations and their range became smaller and smaller.

 

The Lakota people adapted through time. They began as agriculturists. They were introduced to horses by Cheyenne people, which at this point they decided to give up farming and travel seasonal to follow the migration patterns of the buffalo.

It was exciting to learn all of these facts!
 

As a group we created a google slide show so we could all collaborate and add to the slide show. Google slides is a great tool to use during a presentation. Everyone can access it on any device and allows for communication between the whole group.