INTRODUCTION L9 



1. The Northern Tribes 



^ssiniboin Plains-( Jree 



*Blackfoo1 Plains-Ojibway 



*Crow Sarsi 



*Gros Ventre *Teton-Dakota 



2. The Southern Tribes 



*Arapaho *Comanche 



^Cheyenne *Kiowa 



Kiowa-Apache 



3. The Village, or Eastern Tribes 



Arikara 



Omaha 



Hidatsa 



Osage 



Iowa 



Oto 



Kansa 



Pawnee 



Mandan 



Pone a 



Missouri 



Eastern Dakota 





Wichita 



4. The Plateau, or Western Tribes 



Bannock Northern Shoshoni 



Xez Perce Ute 



Wind River Shoshoni 



Cultural characteristics change gradually as we go 

 from one tribe to another; hence, on the edges of the 

 Plains area we may expect many doubtful cases. 

 Among such may be enumerated the Flathead and 



