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Horses were important to the Native Americans because it allowed them to travel vast distances in shorter periods of time. Thus allowing them to strike enemies and prey at a quicker pace. Buffalo were important because it was the main meat provider for the tribes. The buffalo pelts were used to cover the Teepee's of the nomadic tribes as well as clothing. The buffalo chips (dried Buffalo dung) were used to start fires because it was made up of digested grass and straw making it a great source of kindling
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoNot until the white settlers came and traded with the Plains Indians. The white men traded their many horses for things like food, beads, clothing, and tools. The Plains Indians were introduced to horses in about the mid-1700's. (i believe.)
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∙ 9y agoHorses were important to the Plains Indians because they used as the main source of transport. This suited their nomadic lifestyle which entailed moving from one place to another.
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∙ 8y agohorses changed the lifes of the indians by helping them to hunt or to travel
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∙ 13y agothey eat and protect
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∙ 14y agoI believe they did there is no other way.
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About 1600 AD the Plains Indians were introduced to horses and guns by the .?
spainards
When did the plains Indians get horses?
the same year they stopped working and got on welfare. roughly 2 years before they started smoking crack.
Did native Americans have buffalo?
Yes. The plains Indians lived off the buffalo. However there were many tribes of Native Americans. The ones living in the northwest were fishermen.
Why is the name Great Plains a good name for the Great Plains tribe?
Because the Indians lived in the great, big plains.
How did the plains Indians live?
There have been plains Indians nearly as long as there have been plains. However, in the context of an historical viable entity they were pretty much done in by the 1880's. Remnants of many of the tribes still exist in the southwestern U.S.
Who introduced horses to plains Indians?
It was not introduced, for the Plains Indians stole the horses from the spanish.
What was effect of contact between the plains Indians and spanish?
The Plains Indians began to rely on horses.
Why was the horse so valauble to the western plains Indians?
why were horses important to the western plains indians
Who were the first Indians to own horses?
either the plains Indians or the Comanche Indians!
Was horses trained by the plains Indians?
yes
What was an effect of contact between the plains and the Spanish?
The Plains Indians began to rely on horses.
Plains Indians transportation?
The plains indains used horses for transportation, and that's all i know.
What animal did the Spanish introduce to the plains Indians?
They had brought horses.
Did Indians have horses before the euorpeans came here?
American Indians didn't have horses, the Spanish brought them when America was discovered. However, it is possible that the Plains Indians DID already have horses, but the central American Indians didn't
What kind of impact did spanish contacts have on American Indians?
The Plains Indians began to rely on horses.
What animal changed the way the Indians of the great plains lived?
horses
How did the the plains Indians live before the arrival of the horses?
the plains Indians are nomads wich means they travel in serch of food before they had horses they had to carry their things them selves they also used dogs for transporting their things
