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1
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Band

A

A group of people, mostly families who formed part of a larger tribe

2
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Buffalo

A

A plains animal that was essential to the Indains way of life

3
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Chief

A

The person who is in charge of a tribe/band due to wisdom, healing power or warrior skills

4
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Counting Coup

A

Touching an enemy with a stick to win a battle without injuring them

5
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Manifest Destiny

A

The idea that it was God’s plan that the white American should settle over all of America

6
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Miners Court

A

MIners who set up their own court to settle disputes over claims

7
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Nomadic

A

Having no fixed home

8
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Polygamy

A

Having more than one wife

9
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Prospector

A

People looking for mines

10
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Sherriff

A

The person in charge of law keeping

11
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Sioux

A

The biggest tribe on the plains

12
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Tribal council

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A group of elders/cheifs who made decisions for the tribe/band

13
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The Oregon Trail

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A 3,000km long trail used by those who wanted reach California through Missouri. It crossed the Great Plains

14
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Tipi

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Home of the Plains Indian, made of buffalo hide and wood. Could be packed quickly

15
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Scalping

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Taking the scalp of a person a warrior had beaten as a prize and to stop them coming back in the afterlife

16
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Vigilanties

A

Ordinary citizen that decides to punish suspected lawbreakers itslef instead of using the official system