Plateau Indians

Food

• Deer• Bear• Elk• Buffalo• Game birds • Antelope • Mountain goat

Arts and craft

• Tom a hack • Hand bag • Necklace• Fish bag• Saddle bag • Axe• Arrow head• spoon

• Hand tool• Bag• Stone axe • Pestle and mortar

CLOTHING• During winter they wore clothes

made out of fur pelts and animal skins.

• During summer they wore clothes made out of dog hair, grass,

leather moccasins and leggings.• Some accessories they wore were

bear claws, necklaces, feathers, nose rings, shells and very

colorful stones.• Eagle feathers were very special.

Transportation Walking Horse Pony

Plateau Indians/ social politial

• Tribes, bands, many family groups• More local independence, less strict• Chief- picked by ability, many chiefs• No social classes, rank based on skill• Democratic, had councils• Nomadic

Religion

• Worshiped spirits if the natural world.• Performed ceremonies, songs, dances, and offerings in

order to promote harmony between human and the spirits.• They had a Shaman.• Religious ceremonies

Transportation

• HorsebackWealthy people rode on horses• TovoisThe sick and elders rode the tovois• Dogs pulled their posessions