Indians and the buffalo
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- Indians and the Buffalo
- Indian survival was based around the buffalo. The Indians only hunted as many as they needed.
- Uses of the Buffalo
- Horns: arrow straightners, cups, firecarriers, headdresses, ornaments, cutlery, toys.
- Fat: cooking, soup and hair grease
- Fur: decoration on clothes, pillows, mittens and rope.
- Tanned hide: bags, bedding, drums, clothes, pouches and tipi covers
- Rawhide: belts, snowshoes, masks and horse harnesses.
- Tail: ornaments and whips.
- Bladder: food bags
- Sinews: bowstrings and thread
- Dung: fuel for fire
- Bones: arrowheads, dice, knives, shovels and tools.
- Gall: yellow paint and eaten raw.
- Intestines: buckets and cooking vessels
- Hooves: glue and rattles
- Heart: left on ground to pay the earth back.
- Tongue: hairbrush
- Skull: Used in religious ceremonies
- Importance of the Buffalo
- Warfare: Buffalo hunts were very important. It was where boys proved they were men. They used these hunts to improve their skills.
- Society: Men went on the buffalo hunts, and the women and children used parts of the buffalo. Tribes would join together for the hunts.There were even buffalo dances.
- Life: All parts of the buffalo was used. It could feed the Indians for months. Only enough was hunted that they needed.
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