Group 6 illustrates a Sioux family, which is taken as a type of the inhabitants of the (treat Plains ethnic province. It is on these plains that the Sioux, Algonkin, and Kiowa developed their peculiar culture. The activities of all these tribes were created and fostered by the buffalo - including their food, dress, tents, tools, utensils, arts, industries, social life, lore, and religion. In the group appear the man, who is the hunter, returning with a trophy of the chase; the wife, who is butcher, tanner, clothier, purveyor, pack animal, and general drudge, is dressing a hide; the young girl is, beading a moccasin for her sister, who is interested in the work. The smaller boy, with bow and arrow, welcomes the father. The tribes of the Great Plains are thought to have been in early times sedentary, but the acquisition of the horse and the gun fostered a more roving life.
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