How did Native Americans survive tornadoes?

Native Americans on the plains migrated north during tornado season to avoid them. Some Native Americans placed settlements at junctions of rivers to protect themselves from the tornadoes. Native Americans used their myths and beliefs to help them decide their actions during storms. They adapted to chaotic forces because they saw this as a kind of ancestor or nature spirit. Investigation/Interpretation My topic is how Native Americans on the plains avoid tornadoes. read more

Like us, those earlier Americans struggled to understand the nature of tornadoes. Ancestral Viewpoints "The cultural diversity of Oklahoma's native communities," says Jason Baird Jackson, director of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures at Indiana University, "is in part rooted in their histories. read more