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Nathallie Chavez Lynn Raymond Wp #5 Native Americans: Then and Now For my short research project, Im going to compare and contrast Native American cultures & tradition, then and now. To narrow it down Im going to focus on the clothes Native Americans wore. Including how the Europeans brought them new ideas, and new accessories. I checked out 3 books, The first nations, Costumes of the plains Indians, and Inventing the savage. The information in my sources is focused on back when Europeans first began to settle in the Americas. My mla examples are from, Costumes of the Plains Indians, that is focused on clothing prior to settlement. Native Americans were rich in culture and tradition, they were true artists, and still are. Theyre most known for their appearance; you can look at a picture and identify a Native American instantly. They were unique in clothing; simple, yet detailed, and meaningful in everything. Women garments for Indians mainly consisted of deer or buffalo skin that was used for food. They would go through a process of tanning the skin (leaving it out in the sun), so it would turn into leather (Wissler 70). Men typically didnt wear shirts; they wore a breeclothe, a piece of cloth (also from deer or buffalo skin) that covered their front and back side. When men did cover their chest, in the winter, they wore very thick skin, poncho style (Wissler 51). Both men and women spent a lot of their time barefoot, but when winter came they wore moccasins (low tailored shoes). They almost look like sacks with a hole to put your foot in (Wissler 105-110).

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Work Cited
Wissler, Clark. Costumes of the Plains Indians Together with Structural Basis to the Decoration of Costumes among the Plains Indians. New York: AMS, 1975. Print.