PLAINS

Unit 2: Native

Americans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnP-__wW0Xc

Location

^ Mississippi River

v Rocky Mountains

PARTIAL LIST OF TRIBES (NOMADIC)

PARTIAL LIST OF STATES

Blackfoot Arapaho Assiniboine Cheyenne Comanche Crow Gros Ventre Kiowa Lakota Lipan Plains Apache (or Kiowa Apache

), Plains Cree Plains Ojibwe Sarsi Shoshone  Stoney  Tonkawa.

 Colorado Kansas  Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota  Oklahoma  South Dakota Texas  Wyoming Alberta Manitoba   Saskatchewan.

EARLY LIFESTYLE(GENERALIZED)

Nomadic – Followed seasonal migration of animals

Survived on hunting (bison/buffalo) Made food, clothes, cups,

decoration, crafting tools… Lived in teepees (easy for

travel) Used dogs and horses to pull

travois Horses used as part of

lifestyle by mid-1700s. Communicated with first

Spanish explorers using sign language

MUSIC STYLE Tense, tight, strained vocal style Melodies generally start high and fall

lower as the song continues Rapid change in pitch and volume Frequent ululations in female voices Most singing in unison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-YQEbhZ_eE

INSTRUMENTS

One large drum with several players

Hand drumming Flutes and

whistles Bells, shells, and

other attachments produce ambient sound

EXAMPLES http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC6hiHpz_ls

-Not all dances were for animals -Some had very conservative styles (Why?)

Dances from last class: Finish Duck Dance Learn Raccoon Dance