The LakotaNative

Americans of the Great

Plains

The Lakota lived in the Great Plains

The Lakota’s land in the Plains was made up of plains, prairies, and rolling hills.

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Summers in the Great Plains are hot and winters are long and cold.

Plains Spring Plains Summer

Plains Fall Plains Winter

The The Plains Indians lived in teepees made of buffalo hides that were held up by wooden poles. The teepees were often painted and the women were responsible for putting them up and taking

them down.

The teepees were warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The door to the teepee was a round opening which faced east toward the rising sun. There was a small fire in the middle of the teepee and it was used for cooking and to keep warm.

OccupationThe Lakota were hunters and horsemen.

The Plains Indians depended on the buffalo and they used every part of it

and wasted nothing.

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The Lakota traveled by walking and riding horses.