Great Plains Tribes

The Great Plains Tribes are indigenous peoples who historically inhabited the central North American region known as the Great Plains, covering parts of the U.S. and Canada. These tribes, including the Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Sioux, relied heavily on buffalo for food, clothing, and tools, adapting their culture to a nomadic lifestyle rooted in hunting and gathering. They developed rich traditions, oral histories, and social structures. European contact and westward expansion brought significant challenges, including displacement and conflict, but their cultures remain vital to North American heritage today.