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What did the Nez Perce invent?
The Indian peoples of North America spoke over 300 different languages. Many of the tribes traveled and traded with other tribes who didn’t speak their language. How could they talk to each other! They invented a silent way of speaking with their hands.
What type of clothing did Cherokee wear?
Cherokee men wore breechcloths and leggings. Cherokee women wore wraparound skirts made out of woven fiber or deerskin. They all wore moccasins on their feet. Men decorated their faces and bodies extensively with tribal tattoo art and also painted themselves bright colors in times of war.
What did Chief Joseph wear?
Chief Joseph was documented wearing his deerskin war shirt not once, but twice: first, in an 1877 photograph taken by John Fouch just after the Nez Perce had surrendered to U.S. soldiers in Montana. The shirt is of the classic sleeved poncho type, made of two soft thin skins, probably deerskin.
What were buffalo teeth used for?
Like the teeth were used as decorations and the hooves were used to make glue. Most of the buffalo was needed though. Like the bones and horns were used to make hoes, digging sticks, hide working tools, cups, and spoons. The paunch and the bladder were used as cooking utensils.
What food did the Pawnee eat?
Pawnee women raised crops of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers. The men worked together to hunt buffalo and antelopes. Originally, Pawnee hunters would drive buffalo onto marshy land where it was easier to shoot them, but once they acquired horses, they hunted buffalo from horseback.
What kind of clothes do Nez Perce people wear?
Today, some Nez Perce people still have moccasins or a buckskin dress, but they wear modern clothes like jeans instead of breechcloths… and they only wear traditional regalia on special occasions like a wedding or a dance. What was Nez Perce transportation like in the days before cars?
What did the Nez Perce Indians do for a living?
Nez Perce women were in charge of the home. Besides cooking and cleaning, a Nez Perce woman made most of the clothing and tools her family needed. Nez Perce men were hunters and warriors, responsible for feeding and defending their families.
How did the Nez Perce tribe make their canoes?
The Nez Perce tribe built dugout canoes built dugout canoes made from the hollowed-out logs of large trees. The men hollowed logs with controlled fire that softened the timber so they could carve and shape their canoe to have a flat bottom with straight sides.
What kind of clothing did the Indians wear?
This is a war shirt made from mountain sheep skin and decorated as was typical of the men’s clothing. They also wore leggings made from deer skin. In the colder weather they would wear buffalo skin cloaks to keep warm, even when going to war.