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Grasslands and Buffalo

Life of the Plains Indian

Arrival of the Europeans

What happened to Plains People

Plains People Today

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Friendly Trade      
  In the beginning, the Native Americans welcomed the Europeans and they got on well together. The Natives were very amused by the white men’s beards as they themselves had very little body hair. early trading
  They introduced the Europeans to foods like potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, pineapples, peanuts and corn, and indeed to tobacco. The Europeans too, introduced new things to the Natives, like horses, guns and alcohol. native american foods
 

trading with the white man
Members of the Osage tribe
trading with the White men

For some time the White Men and the Native Americans traded happily together. However, gradually relations between the European and the Native became very unfriendly.
           
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land was lost
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