HIST 0848 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Plains Indians, Pueblo Revolt
3 Dec 2015
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An archetype in literature today, the great plains nomadic indian groups were the first to settle the land area out west in the united. Their ability to hunt while on horses and grow crops such as corn, squash, and beans was an integral part in their lifestyle. Dictated by the land, climate, available raw materials, and the animals the. Indians were able to acclimate their societies in order to survive. The nomadic indians capability to adapt to their ever-changing lives was the essential reason why they were successful. In order to adapt to the circumstances that the great plain. Indians were in, they had to rid of their earlier hierarchal system and practice a communal based arrangement. What this meant was that there was no true leader, and the elders were not the ones in charge. There was a distinct reason why this change of structure took place, and it mostly had to do with hunting.
