Chapter 3 - Native Kansans

Native Kansans

All Kansans are descended from immigrants even the Native Americans

Where did the first Native Americans come from?

How long ago did they migrate here? Why did they come? How long did it take them to get to Kansas?

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How do we decide when prehistoric people lived?

How do we know about these people? What three scientists help us study these

people? Turn to page 23 and look at the map to see

where the different tribes lived. What tribe lived close to Rice County?

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What is another name for the Paleo – Indians?

When did they live? What did they eat? What happened in about 5000 b.c. that

changed life for these Indians?

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What does Archaic mean? When did they live? How were they different from the Paleo-

Indians?

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Plains Woodland Indians

What new weapon did they adopt? When did they live? What new way did they have for getting food?

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Village Farmers

When did they live in Kansas? How did they store food? How did they associate with other tribes?

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What happened in 1541 that changed these Native Americans from Prehistoric to Historic Indians?

What primary source information do we have about these Native Americans?

Turn to page 27 and look at the map and see where the Historic Indians lived.

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Wichita Indians Where did they live? What kind of housing did they have? What was the role of the women of the tribe? What was the role of the men of the tribe?

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Kansa Indians Where did they live in Kansas? What does this name mean? How does this describe our state? What kind of housing did these people live

in? What was a hunt like for these people? How did they move the village?

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Pawnee Indians

What did they live in? Where did they live in Kansas? What was the role of women in the village? What was the role of men in the village?

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Plains Apache Indians

What kind of housing did they have? What was their main food source? Where did they live in Kansas?

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What happened in 1825 that changed the Native American population in Kansas?

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Name four good things the Europeans gave to the Native Americans that made life better for them?

How did these things help the Natives?

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Name four bad things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans that made life difficult for them?

How did these things hurt the Natives?

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The Native Americans gave us many contributions.

What are some names we get from the Native Americans?

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What are some foods we get from the Native Americans?

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Name a famous person of Native American descent.

Name a college for Native Americans.

Name a museum that collects Native American items.

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List five new things you learned about Native Americans.