The Dakota

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Across
  1. 3. These were hunted on their way north in the spring.
  2. 4. Big game animal hunted by the Dakota.
  3. 5. The Dakota would use sap to create this.
  4. 8. The first white blossoms of the strawberries signaled the time to plant this crop.
  5. 10. The seven council fires.
  6. 14. Big game animal hunted by the Dakota.
  7. 16. People thanked the animal spirits to avoid this.
  8. 17. My relatives.
Down
  1. 1. For early Minnesotans, time was made of this.
  2. 2. The men hunted these in the summer.
  3. 6. Men would wear these while hunting in the winter.
  4. 7. The fur of this creature was especially thick in the spring.
  5. 9. The Dakota would use this to keep the cold wind out of their homes.
  6. 11. Winter housing for the Dakota.
  7. 12. This ripened in the fall.
  8. 13. The tipi and all other household goods were owned by these members of the family.
  9. 15. In the spring people would collect the sap from this tree.