Coup Stick Project

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Coup Stick Project

• By Tyler Truitt

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The Purpose Of A Coup Stick

• Coup sticks were used to show bravery
• There were many ways to show bravery
• A warrior might hit an enemy with the stick or he
  might steal an enemy horse or capture an enemy
  tepee
• The more symbols of bravery a warrior has on his
  coup stick the more he is respected

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Native Americans admired using coup sticks more
than killing enemies

• Native Americans thought being brave was better
  than killing enemies
• They thought it was better because it took more
  courage to get close enough to touch an enemy
  than it did to kill them from far away

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The Creation Of A Coup Stick

• A coup stick may have beads, feathers, paintings
  or slits in the wood
• These all mean different things
• They can symbolize friends and family members,
  heritage, or the number of brave things you have
  done

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Coup Sticks Today

• Today coup sticks are in museums to teach people
  about Native Americans
• You can learn a lot about different tribes and
  their hobbies from their coup sticks because each
  tribe decorates their coup stick differently
• Native Americans use them in powwows which are
  ceremonial dances or celebrations

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Instead of a coup stick

• Native Americans should mark there tepees instead
  of their coup sticks that way their less likely
  to loose their records of courageous deeds done
• It is much harder to loose a tepee than a coup
  stick

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My own coup stick

• If I was going to make my own coup stick I would
  make it long so I didnt have to get as close to
  an enemy
• I would also have a lot of decorations that
  represent my family members