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The Sioux Indians' diet consisted largely of meat.They also ate many wild fruits, nuts, and berries in addition to meat. Wild turnips, potatoes, and other roots were favorite foods which they added to soups. Meat wasn't always easy to get. Hunting was a difficult and dangerous job. A hunter often ate the raw liver of an animal as soon as he killed it. Its high nutritive value gave him the energy to butcher the meat and carry it back to his people.Sometimes they even ate members of their own tribe once they had passed away!
The buffalo was the Sioux Indians' main source of food. A single buffalo provided a great amount of meat, the bulls averaging 700 kilograms and the cows averaging 450 kilograms. The meat was sometimes roasted on a spit or broiled in a skinbag with hot stones. This process also produced a rich nutritious soup. Also meat might have been hung on green branches over the fire to cook. The Sioux Tribe used the buffalo for many other things and none of the buffalo got wasted.
The Sioux Indians used a very simple process for drying meat. They cut it into very small strips and hung it on racks or sinew lines to dry. This jerky was used for making soups. Wild plants were added when they were available. Sometimes the dried meat was pounded into a powder and mixed with dried pounded berries and melted fat. This became a favorite food called pemmican, which could be carried on long trips or stored for winter. Meat preserved this way could be stored for years
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Where did the Sioux food come from?
The Sioux Indians depended on buffalo for everthing!they got there food from the crops they grew.
What are the Sioux Indians reasourses?
what are the sioux indians reasources
Who made the Sioux clothes what does the men and women wear?
The Indians of parrel made the Sioux clothes. they lived nearby the Sioux. the parrel Indians helped them with most of there chores, like washing dishes and laundry, and making there clothes and food.
When was Sioux City Indians created?
Sioux City Indians was created in 1914.
What did the teton Sioux Indians live in?
the teton Sioux Indians lived in teepees
Where do the Sioux Indians get their food from?
The man hunt for get food, to the family and they was just allowed to do that if it was to eat the animal not just for fun.
Did the Sioux sacrifse?
did the Sioux Indians sacrifes
Who lived in Sioux tepees?
Sioux Indians
What are facts about Sioux?
when were the Sioux Indians found out about
How do you learn about Sioux indins?
You can learn about the Sioux Indians at your local library. Libraries will have a lot of books that will tell about the lives of the Sioux Indians.
Did the Sioux Indians have taxes?
did the sioux give gifts
What was the Sioux?
Indians
