AMIND 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hunkpapa, Exonym And Endonym, Environmental Determinism
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Exonym = they say; what outsiders call you. Ethnonym = you say; what the people call themselves. Tribe next to sioux is wrong, they are a nation. Great plains people are bison (not buffalo; will be incorrect) eaters. Bison is the most important to sioux, used to be very available in huge herds. Prior to 1560, no horses in us, came from mexico. In 1600"s horses come to 4 corners, southern us. 1660, sioux gained horses and took a large portion of land. From pacific to montana, central washington to north california. Nez perce took horses, bred appaloosa one of best breeds. Speak iroquois; very large language, like latin. Cherokee make tobacco and cotton, top 3 cotton producer; use a lot of things with cotton. Had slaves from war, given to women to deal with. Allowed them to become cherokee if they learned their ways. Lecture 7: quechan and mohave colorado river.
