Post by pellethie on Oct 15, 2012 17:19:21 GMT -5
What never surprises me is how non-NDNs especially those in far away lands tend to see us living in teepees, riding painted ponies and bedecked in all the colorful beaded, feathery finery of the plains Indians. I’ll admit during the brief amount of time they contested white expansion, the plains Indians were quite the peacocks. But while they engaged in small scale warfare with each other, or some wayward Spanish/Mexican patrols, missionaries, or treasure hunters, It was the woodland tribes which long contested European and American expansion allowing the colorful plains tribes time to master the horse and enjoy themselves while east of the Mississippi others fought for over three hundred years. From the 16th century to the late 18th century woodland Indians fought hard against a few of the European super powers and from 1776 until the 1830s what were left of us battled the Americans.
Perhaps it was because of the hard fighting woodland tribes, the plains Indians are better remembered for not only their few decades of warfare with the pony soldiers, but also looking their best while doing so.
Perhaps it was because of the hard fighting woodland tribes, the plains Indians are better remembered for not only their few decades of warfare with the pony soldiers, but also looking their best while doing so.
