Ojibway vs. Dakota Indians

The Dakota Indians lived in a mobile lifestyle taking there belongings and home with them. The Dakota lived in teepees throughout the summer as they followed the herds of buffalo. The teepees were made of many poles tied together at the top and then covered with Buffalo hides. A typical teepee needed sixteen to eighteen buffalo hides to cover the entire thing. They would hunt all summer to prepare for the long cold winters. After the summer became fall they began to settle in their sod home

The Dakota clothing was similar to the Ojibway, both wore moccasins made of hides but they also had their own styles and designs. Both wore deer hides on their legs in the winter to keep warm. In order to stay warm both the Ojibway and the Dakota wore buffalo robes during the winter. During the warmer months of summer both wore breech clothes to stay cool.

Both the Dakota and Ojibway were very similar as far as lifestyles. They ate the same foods and wore the same clothing but they could not seem to resolve thier few differences and live together peacefully.

Traveling between the two cultures were different in many ways. Both traveled by canoes but the canoes were made of different materials. The Dakota used big logs that floated well and carved out the inside to form a canoe. The Ojibway made canoes out of birch bark which traveled nice, but were not very reliable in rough waters compared to the Dakota's canoes. When t

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