European settlers' hunting of greatly damaged the plains peoples' ways of life.

In this section of Native American Indian Facts you will find information about the amazing American Indians of the Great Plains. Below is a list of the Great Plains Indian tribes followed by several facts about these amazing people. Within this section we will be adding pages on where these tribes lived, their history, the tribal traditions, what they wore, how they survived, their religions, who their great chiefs and warriors were, their jewelry, and the cultural roles of the tribes men and women. 
The Great Plains region extends from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and from Canada in the north to Texas in the south. This grasslands region has very few trees and has many rolling hills and valleys. The summers are very hot and the winters are very cold.