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Great Plains Indian Tribes

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The Great Plains indian tribes dominated much of the area of South Dakota. There were many tribes that lived in this vast area of the Great Plains. The Sioux, the Cheyenne, Lakota, Pawnee, Crow, and many more different tribes. These tribes have two different social groups or adaptive groups. One group is the tribes that learned how to ride horse and used horses in their society. The Second Group did not but more stayed in one area and grew crops. Many of the tribes worshipped the Earth and different animal spirits, not a higher being. Many used this ideal to add to their culture creating stories and even dances to go along with their worship. Many of these tribes were nomadic, meaning they moved around with where ever the buffalo went.
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