Plains culture area

E910114

North American culture area cultural region

The Plains culture area is a North American cultural region traditionally inhabited by various Indigenous peoples known for bison hunting, equestrian nomadism, and distinctive tipi-dwelling societies across the Great Plains.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Plains culture area	1
Northern Plains Indigenous cultures	1
Northern Plains cultural area	1
Plains Indian territory	1
Southern Plains tribes	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North American culture area ⓘ cultural region ⓘ
associatedWith	Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedAfter	introduction of the horse to the Great Plains ⓘ
economicBase	bison hunting ⓘ gathering of wild plants ⓘ limited agriculture in some groups ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	bison hunting ⓘ equestrian nomadism ⓘ tipi-dwelling societies ⓘ
hasSubregion	Central Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
housingType	earth lodge in some groups ⓘ tipi ⓘ
includesPeople	Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Assiniboine NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackfoot Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Gros Ventre NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidatsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Osage NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	beadwork ⓘ elaborate feather headdresses ⓘ horse culture ⓘ mounted buffalo hunting ⓘ parfleche art ⓘ plains sign language ⓘ quillwork ⓘ sun dance ceremony ⓘ tipi architecture ⓘ warrior societies ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ North America ⓘ
materialCulture	buffalo-hide clothing ⓘ buffalo-hide shields ⓘ painted tipis ⓘ war bonnets ⓘ
mobilityPattern	nomadic ⓘ semi-nomadic ⓘ
recognizedBy	anthropologists as a distinct culture area ⓘ
religiousPractice	Sun Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ vision quest ⓘ
socialOrganization	age-graded warrior societies ⓘ band-based society ⓘ
timePeriod	historic period ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ
transportTechnology	horse ⓘ travois ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niitsitapi → culturalRegion → Plains culture area ⓘ

Kiowa Apache → culturalArea → Plains culture area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Plains culture area

Kiowa Apache → historicallyAlliedWith → Plains culture area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Plains tribes

Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) → appliesToRegion → Plains culture area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian territory

Milk River region → partOf → Plains culture area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Plains cultural area

Wanuskewin Heritage Park → focusesOn → Plains culture area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Plains Indigenous cultures