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GCSE History · key term
A smaller community within a tribe, usually made up of several families, with its own leadership.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Cultural EncountersA tipi consisted of hides stretched over wooden poles. It could be dismantled and transported when a band moved. Its portability was therefore essential, not merely convenient: a permanent house would make it much harder to follow the herds on which the band depended.
Paper 2
A smaller group within a tribe, with its own chief and considerable independence.
Revise: Indigenous Peoples of the PlainsTribes could be divided into smaller groups called bands. Each band had a chief chosen to help protect it from danger. Among the Sioux, leadership involved several chiefs and councils rather than one ruler commanding the whole people.
Develop explanations: buffalo hides provided portable shelters, which allowed bands to move with the herds and maintain their food supply.
Develop explanations by linking a feature to its consequence: portable tipis allowed bands to move, helping them follow buffalo herds and obtain food.
Distinguish a chief’s influence from the power to command everyone. This helps explain why an agreement with one chief did not necessarily bind every band or warrior brotherhood.
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