Introduction: Historians studying the migration patterns of the Sioux, Comanche, and Cheyenne tribes found that all of these tribes did not stay in one place for too long. They were in constant search for a particular food source. To gain knowledge into these migrational patterns, conduct the following web quest activity.
Task:
Go to the following web site http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/plains.html#buffalo
to learn about a major Native American food source.
Activity Questions:
In your quest for knowledge answer the following questions.
1.
What is the name of the animal that many Native Americans
hunted?
2.
How did this food source affect the migration pattern of
these
tribes?
3.
Describe one hunting technique used to kill this food
source.
4.
Pretend you are a Native American hunter. Create your own hunting
technique and draw a picture of your hunting technique in
action.
5.
In addition to food, how else did Native Americans use this food
source ?
6.
Why do you think it was difficult to keep this food fresh and disease
free?
Related Activity:
Native Americans played a game called "Hide Ball" to play this game go to page:
http://www2.bluemountain.com/eng/nativeamer/NAhideb7.html#SELFreturn
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