Native American Headdresses: Facts for Kids
When most people think of an American Indian headdress, the first image that comes to mind is a full eagle-feather warbonnet like the Lakota Sioux headdress below. But in fact, American Indians in most tribes never used feather headdresses like these. Feathered warbonnets may be the best-known American Indian headdresses, but they were not the most commonly used-- and they were certainly not the only ones. Scroll down for pictures and descriptions of the most important Native American headdress styles of North America and the differences between them.