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Trade blankets were used in various ways. They made simple and easy substitutes for animal skin robes for winter warmth - hides meant a great deal of work on the part of the women, so blankets were a welcome replacement with little or no work involved.
In the north, many tribes made coats from blanket material - these are termed capotes or parkas and usually had a hood attached. Tribes such as the Crows soon learned to make men's leggings of blanket material with distinctive beaded designs at the bottom edge.
Plains tribes used blankets to make simple pad saddles on men's horses, or allowed the blanket to entirely cover the rear half of the horse. Blanket material was also cut to make masks for war horses.
Some tribes made "sweat lodges" - think sauna, but with spiritual cleansing purposes. These could be covered with blankets instead of the earlier buffalo hides.
The links below take you to images of some uses for blankets:
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Why did the Native Americans hate the Americans in the 1800s?
Americans took Native American lands away from them and forced them to move west to the worst lands. They took Native American children away from their parents and put them in schools taking away the Native American languages and culture. They gave them blankets infected with small pox which killed thousands.
What is a traditional african and native american potters still use a hand building technique called?
Traditional African and Native American potter still use a hand building technique called coiling.
Who was the radical Native American group that called for Native American lands to be returned?
The radical Native American group that called for Native American lands to be returned is the American Indian Movement.
What method of assimilation did settlers use to target Native American youths?
Indian Schools
What is the Native American landscape?
A painting depicting native American land.
The plight of smallpox helped defeat the rebellion of what man?
Smallpox infected blankets were used to defeat the Native American opposition to conquest. The Native Americans had no natural immunity to smallpox.
Why did the Native American sleep on the sides?
the Sioux tribe of the great plains used to sleep on hay and used buffalo hides as blankets.
What natural resources do native Americans use?
They use animal skin for blankets and coats. bark and tree branches for tents or longhouses
What was the main item of trade between the french and Native American in New France?
Beeds, blankets, guns, pots, and lead fro the French...furs from the Indians
Was Ty Cobb a Native American?
Yes, Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia, making him a native of America. He was not a Native American in the modern use of the term in that he was not an American Indian.
What did the Native American use?
used arrowheads
Did the Native American use kayak?
YES
What did the native American's use the Mississippi for?
for transportation
4 What disease infected so many Native American people because it was carried in the clothes and blankets that they received from the British and also raided from British homes?
SMALLPOX
Was there Genocide in the US?
Yes. While a significant percentage of Native American deaths derived from unintentional germ transmission from British Colonists and Americans, there was also intentional germ transmission (giving infected blankets to Native tribes) and the hunting and persecution of Native American tribes to eliminate them. These two latter types of events are clearly genocide.
What part of the buffalo did the Native American use?
All of them.
What did Native American Indians use a spear for?
Hunting
