great plains

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
z
Alias: 
great plains

Plains Indians

1997
Describes the dwellings, family life, food, and customs of the Plains Indians. Includes related craft projects and activities.

Homesteading on the plains

daily life in the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1997
Quotes from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer life in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800s.

The mud pony

a traditional Skidi Pawnee tale
1988
A poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one, but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength.

Plains Indians

1988
An introduction, in brief text and illustrations, to the history and culture of the various Indian tribes that lived on the Great Plains of North America.

Tepee

2007
Looks at teepees as an important part of Native American life, examining the parts of a teepee, and discussing what they are made of, and how they are constructed.

Living on the plains

2000
An introduction to life in the Great Plains and prairie areas of the United States.

Sitting Bull

1990
A biography of the Native American who engineered the defeat of Custer and his troops at Little Big Horn and toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

The Cheyennes

1996
Provides an overview of the social life and customs and history of the Cheyenne Indians.

The Plains people

1996
Describes the traditional way of life of the Indians of the Great Plains. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Indians used, such as making a buffalo skin tipi out of brown paper.

Sod houses on the Great Plains

1995
Tells how settlers on the treeless plains built houses from the prairie sod itself.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - great plains