THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

There were many different Indian tribes including Cherokees, Apaches and Sioux, each with their own language.  Every tribe had a chief, who wore a head-dress of eagle feathers.  Indians were named after natural features of the land, a place or an animal; for example, Chief Running Water, Little Big Foot, Black Crow, or Crazy Horse.  The fighting men were called braves and the women squaws.  Indians lived in tepees, animal skin tents, and wore animal skin clothes.  They lived a seasonal nomadic lifestyle, trapping, following the food of their herds of cattle, and breeding horses.  They used drum beats and smoke signals to pass messages to distant tribes and an ululating cry to terrify their opponents in battle.  Before each battle they would perform a war dance and would also dance for rain when necessary.

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