Sioux IndiansBy Claire, David, and Taylor

Where they Lived

The top of the Mississippi River

Had 35 million acres

Land cost $3 million

Owned land from as far as the Arkansas River to Lake Winnipeg and all the way to the eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains

In tepees

Clothes Deer and buffalo skin

The men wore deerskin shirts with leggings

Shoes- moccasins in summer and snow shoes in winter

In Summer they wore breechcloth which was just a single strip of leather

In Winter they wore buffalo robes

The women wore dresses with decorations made from things such as elk teeth, bear claws, fur, and feathers with buffalo robes and moccasins

Weapons

Mostly used bows and arrows

Usually made of wood

Made by stone, bone, and sinew arrowheads

Sioux liked having their weapons made out of steel but they only could if they had enough to trade for it

Sinew backed horn- from Montana, 3 feet long, had a rectangular cross section, made from cow horn join

Famous Leaders

Chief- Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull was chief and medicine man of the whole tribe

Sitting Bull born in 1837 in North Dakota

A policeman shot Sitting Bull and killed him in 1890 after rumors of a coming Indian Messiah got out and he was arrested

Famous Battles

Battle of 1812- sided with the British

Civil War- Sitting Bull organized and led raids on white settlers in Iowa and Minnesota

Fought white people with Cheyenne indians and took the soldiers of one of their big rivals, General George Crook

Battle of Wounded Knee- sitting bull was almost arrested but they fought, however the Indians eventually lost the battle

Fun Facts!

Also known as the Dakota Indians

Large powerful tribe founded by France in 1640

Algonquiens called them the Nadowessioux but that was later shortened to Sioux

The Sioux Indian children were a lot like children nowadays are- they went to school, played games, and helped out around the house