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Plains Indians are usually divided into two broad classifications which overlap to some degree. The first group became a fully nomadic [[horse culture]] during the 18th and 19th centuries, following the vast herds of [[American bison|buffalo]], although some tribes occasionally engaged in agriculture. These include the [[Blackfoot]], [[Arapaho]], [[Assiniboine people|Assiniboine]], [[Cheyenne]], [[Comanche]], [[Crow Nation|Crow]], [[Gros Ventre]], [[Kiowa]], [[Lakota people|Lakota]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan]], [[Plains Apache]] (or [[Kiowa Apache]]), [[Plains Cree]], [[Saulteaux|Plains Ojibwe]], [[Tsuu T'ina Nation|Sarsi]], [[Nakoda (Stoney)]], and [[Tonkawa]]. The second group of Plains Indians were semi-sedentary, and, in addition to hunting buffalo, they lived in villages, raised crops, and actively traded with other tribes. These include the [[Arikara]], [[Hidatsa]], [[Iowa people|Iowa]], [[Kaw people|Kaw (or Kansa)]], [[Kichai people|Kitsai]], [[Mandan]], [[Missouria]], [[Omaha (tribe)|Omaha]], [[Osage Nation|Osage]], [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]], [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], [[Ponca]], [[Quapaw]], [[Wichita people|Wichita]], and the [[Santee Dakota]], [[Yanktonai]] and [[Yankton Dakota]]. Both groups included people indigenous to the region as well as those who were pushed west by population pressure linked to the ever-westward expansion of white culture. |
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Plains Indians are usually divided into two broad classifications which overlap to some degree. The first group became a fully nomadic [[horse culture]] during the 18th and 19th centuries, following the vast herds of [[American bison|buffalo]], although some tribes occasionally engaged in agriculture. These include the [[Blackfoot]], [[Arapaho]], [[Assiniboine people|Assiniboine]], [[Cheyenne]], [[Comanche]], [[Crow Nation|Crow]], [[Gros Ventre]], [[Kiowa]], [[Lakota people|Lakota]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan]], [[Plains Apache]] (or [[Kiowa Apache]]), [[Plains Cree]], [[Saulteaux|Plains Ojibwe]], [[Tsuu T'ina Nation|Sarsi]], [[Nakoda (Stoney)]], and [[Tonkawa]]. The second group of Plains Indians were semi-sedentary, and, in addition to hunting buffalo, they lived in villages, raised crops, and actively traded with other tribes. These include the [[Arikara]], [[Hidatsa]], [[Iowa people|Iowa]], [[Kaw people|Kaw (or Kansa)]], [[Kichai people|Kitsai]], [[Mandan]], [[Missouria]], [[Omaha (tribe)|Omaha]], [[Osage Nation|Osage]], [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]], [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], [[Ponca]], [[Quapaw]], [[Wichita people|Wichita]], and the [[Santee Dakota]], [[Yanktonai]] and [[Yankton Dakota]]. Both groups included people indigenous to the region as well as those who were pushed west by population pressure linked to the ever-westward expansion of white culture. |