Although the clothing differed between men and woman, young and old, the people that made it were the same. The woman were in charge of using beads, bones, shells, and other natural objects to decorate the clothes, but in times of reduced resources the women of the Dakota Sioux found that they weren’t the only ones in need, like the pilgrims. The pilgrims were in need of food, and found that through their advanced machinery they were successfully and efficiently able to make wampum – or strings of beads made from seashells, and therefore they could trade it to the Dakota, in return for food. But yet another idea that was given to the Sioux, by the Spanish in 1550, was horses, because with them they were able to quickly track down buffalo, elk, and many others, for clothing. Horses not only gave the Sioux the ability to get animals faster, but they were one of the few tribes to have horses, and therefore they were able to get as many different animals as they wanted with out the competition of other tribes. People from over seas introduced many new elements that made finding, capturing, and receiving, animals and resources easier for the Dakota, especially the specific members sewing and molding them.
By Erin Hynes
By Erin Hynes
