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Fact 1 - Wyoming is a a state in the western United States. The indigenous people of this state included various tribes of Native Americans. The Great Plains area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. The Plains Indians were nomadic hunter gatherers.

Fact 2 - There were many Indians of Wyoming including Arapaho, Bannock, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Dakota, Kiowa, Pawnee, Shoshoni and the Ute tribes
Fact 3 - Names of Border States: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah
Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the state: Based on an Algonquin or Delaware Indian word meaning "large prairie place"
Fact 5 - Features of the area: Eastern Great Plains rising to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
Fact 6 - The Arapaho: Many of the Arapaho tribes of Colorado moved to the Great Plains. The Great Plains Indians lived in tepees. The name 'Arapaho' is believed to be a corruption of the Pawnee word for 'traders.' Since 1878 the Northern Arapaho Nation has lived with the Eastern Shoshone on the Wind River Reservation.
Fact 7 - The Bannock, or Banate tribe, originated in Western Idaho and spoke the Northern Paiute language. The Bannock tribe developed a horse culture and were closely associated with the Northern Shoshone with whom they eventually merged. In 1868 the Bannock tribe was restricted to the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. They experienced a terrible famine which together with broken treaties led to the Bannock War of 1878.
Fact 8 - The Cheyenne tribe are one of the famous tribes of the Great Plains. The cholera epidemic reached the Plains Indians in 1849 resulting in huge loss of life
Fact 9 - The Comanche are believed to be one of the first tribes to fully incorporate the horse into their culture and to have introduced the horse to the other Plains peoples. They were well known as fierce warriors
Fact 10 - The Ute tribe were members of the Shoshone people of Utah, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. They are believed to be related to the Aztecs. They were feared as fierce, nomadic warriors
Fact 11 - The Dakota: The Sioux were the largest Indian tribe and comprised of three major divisions based on Sioux dialect and subculture: The Santee or Eastern Dakota tribes. The western Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior culture, are often referred to as the Lakota. The middle Sioux are often referred to as the Yankton or the Western Dakota, incorrectly classified as “Nakota”
Fact 12 - The Kiowa were a tribe of Plains Indians. They were fierce, nomadic warriors. The Kiowa worshipped a stone image, the taimay.
Fact 13 - The Pawnee were a semi-nomadic tribe of hunter farmers and a dominant tribe of the Great Plains people. The Pawnee lived in earth lodges, hogans and pit houses which were semi-subterranean dwellings that were dug from the earth, with a wooden domed mound built over the top which was covered with earth or reeds. When they travelled their shelters were tepees.
Fact 14 - The Shoshoni tribe aka Shoshone lived in many locations including California. The Shoshoni were a tribe of nomadic hunters.
Fact 15 - The Crow, aka the Absaroka or Apsaalooke, are a tribe of Indians who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley. They split from the Hidatsa tribe in present-day North Dakota either around 1400-1500 CE Their name means means "children of the large-beaked bird" and they were semi-nomad hunters and farmers in the northeastern woodland. Tribal warfare, especially with the Sioux, forced them to move to the Great Plains where they hunted buffalo
Fact 20 - 1854-90 The Sioux Wars - The Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse resisted waves of settlers and prospectors, to keep their hunting grounds.