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1. The Northern' Tribes 



*Assiniboine 





Plains-Cree 



*Blackfoot 





Plains-Ojibway 



*Crow 





Sarsi 



*Gros Ventre 





*Teton-Dakota 



2. The 



Southern Tribes 



*Arapaho 





*Comanche 



*Cheyenne 





*Kiowa 



Kiowa 



-Apache 



3. The Village, 



or Eastern Tribes 



Ankara 





Omaha 



Hidatsa 





Osage 



Iowa 





Oto 



Kansas 





Pawnee 



Mandan 





Ponca 



Missouri 





Santee-Dakota 





Wichita 



4. The Plateau, or Western Tribes 



Bannock Northern Shoshone 



Nez Perce Ute 



Wind River Shoshone 



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 



