- Fact 2 - Minnesota - The Indians of
Minnesota were the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Dakota Sioux,
Fox, Iowa, Omaha, Otoe, Ottawa, Ponca, Sauk, Winnebago and
Huron (Wyandot) Indians tribes.
These Indians were tribes of hunters and fishers. Men were in
charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and the women
were in charge of the home and land. Many of these tribes moved
to the Great Plains
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Iowa Michigan (water border) North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin.
The Northeast area covers parts of the U.S. states of Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan and Kansas, New York, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Tennessee, South Carolina and Pennsylvania
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Based on the Dakota Sioux Indian word for "sky-tinted
water," referring to the Minnesota River or the state's many
lakes
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Large central hill and lake region, rocky ridges and deep lakes; flat plains
and rolling plains and deep
river valleys.
- Fact 6 - The name 'Arapaho' is believed to be
a corruption of the Pawnee word for 'traders.' Since 1878 the
Northern Arapaho Nation has lived with the Eastern Shoshone on
the Wind River Reservation.
- Fact 7 - The Cheyenne
tribe are one of the famous tribes of the Great Plains. The
cholera epidemic reached the Plains Indians in 1849 resulting in
huge loss of life
- Fact 8 - The Chippewa people were members of an
Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. The people's
name, is given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa in the United
States. The Chippewa waged extremely violent war on their
enemies - they were so feared that the French considered the
complete annihilation of this tribe.
- Fact 9 - The Sioux were the largest Indian tribe and
also referred to as the Lakota or Dakota Sioux.
- Fact 10 - Members of the Fox tribe (Mesquaki)
spread through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa / Illinois
border after constant battles with the French-backed Huron tribe
- Fact 11 - The Iowa, also called the
Ioway, were a Woodland tribe with some Plains area traits. The
tribe originated from north of the of the Great Lakes. The Iowa,
the Missouri, the Omaha, the Otoe, and the Ponca indians are
believed to have once formed part of the Winnebago people
- Fact 12 - The Omaha were a war-like tribe of the
Plains area, they lived in earth lodges in the winter and tepees
in the summer. Their enemies were the Sioux.
- Fact 13 - The Oto, also spelt Otoe,
had a Plains Indians type of culture. They were once part of the
Sioux tribes of the Great Lakes area, commonly known as the
Winnebago
- Fact 14 - The Ottawa adopted a Woodlands culture
living in wigwams or longhouses. They allied themselves with the
French and the Huron which automatically made them the enemies
of the Iroquois.
- Fact 15 - The Ponca were a Woodland tribe with
Plains Indian traits, they farmed corn and hunted buffalo. War
with the Sioux forced the Ponca to flee to the Black Hills, in
South Dakota.
- Fact 16 - The Sauk tribe were a
member of the Algonquian people who originated in the Fox River
valley. Sauk resistance to removal from their Illinois lands
ended in 1832 with the Black Hawk War.
- Fact 17 - The Winnebago, also known as the
Ho-Chunk Nation, were a war-like tribe of hunters and fishers
who inhabited the area around Green Bay in Wisconsin to the Rock
River in Illinois. Their name translated to "people of the
stagnant water" in reference to the algae filled waters of the
rivers where the Winnebago people lived. They were known for
their violence and practice of torturing and eating their
enemies
- Fact 18 - Huron, also called
Wyandot, are known in their native language of the Iroquoian
family as the Wendat. Their culture was substantially that of
the area of the Eastern woodlands. They lived in palisaded
villages, cultivated tobacco and were strong allies of the
French. The tribe were the mortal enemies of the Iroquois who
eventually fled to Quebec.
|
