The Dakota used products like stone, wood and jaw bones to make tools. Flint and wood were important resources for the Dakota to make most of their tools. For the Dakota flint and wood were valuable resources used for making of houses, boats, tools, utensils, weapons, containers, and ceremonial objects. Also, the Dakota used wood to make boats and their clothing. Flint that was already sharpened was used to make tools from wood. Beaver teeth were prized as amulets and for making tools used for cutting. Some of them used a variety of stone tools for woodworking, many of these were replaced by metal tools after contact with European traders. The Dakota decorated their tools with symbolic images seen in dreams or prescribed by shamans.
