Your name is Leaping Doe, you are 10 years old and you are a Plains Indian girl.

You are now Leaping Doe! Get out your journal and write your name, and remember to take notes as you go along! Here is a note sheet you will need to turn in with your journal. Of course everything is familiar to you, but you wouldn't want to miss anything important, would you? The links below will help familiarize you with the over all culture of the Plains Indians, take the time to get familiar with your new family and nationality.


Learn about Plains Indian Culture
Who were the Plains Indians
The Plains Culture
The Peoples of the Plains
  Rock Art Gallery
Once arriving home you go play with your hoof and pin toy with your brother Running Buck.  The Hoof and Pin game was made by your father from deer foot bones and the skewer from a bison rib. The rules are to hold the skewer in one hand and to hold the bones with your other hand against the throwing elbow. The bones are then released with a thrust of the skewer as the player attempts to catch the first bone. Catching the center of a bone is five points or ten points for a side hole. If the first bone is missed, the other team gets a try. If the bone is caught, the next bones are caught in sequence until all bones have been caught.
 
 

The Rules and Picture for the hoof and pin game were found here.

Here are some links showing the games you  might play with the other children, or the toys you might have.


Plains Indian Toys
Native American Games
Cornhusk Doll

You've been so wrapped up writing in your journal you almost forgot to do your chores!

You hurry to:

gather food
help prepare the buffalo