The buffalo supplied the Plains Indians -- Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and Blackfoot among others - with almost everything they needed. Hides were dressed and made into clothing and stretched onto poles ...

Vine Deloria Jr., a renowned Native American historian, draws a connection with attempts by Indians ... buffalo’s loss more deeply felt than among the Lakota Indian tribes of the northern plains ...

North American Indians shared their world with two types of buffalo (plains and wood), eight species of bear, three primary species of wolves, 59 species of eagle, 150 species of antelope and 38 ...

According to NMAI curator Ann McMullen, these quilts—many bearing a central octagonal star—functioned as both ritual and practical replacements for Plains Indians buffalo robes. Bison hides ...

Beyond the technology, the United States government also encouraged the slaughter of the buffalo as a strategy to conquer the American plains Indians. American General Phil Sheridan said ...

North American Indians shared their world with two types of buffalo (plains and wood), eight species of bear, three primary species of wolves, 59 species of eagle, 150 species of antelope and 38 ...