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 ...

Despite being pushed to the brink of extinction, the American buffalo is fundamental to the fabric of America, but it's not ...

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A new bill in Colorado aims to prevent bison poaching after government-sponsored killing of bison nearly led to the animal’s ...

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 ...

At Poplar Middle School, students are documenting and preserving Native American traditions through an innovative educational ...

Native Americans Saw Buffalo as More Than Just Food The relationship between some Native American tribes and the American buffalo was a sacred one. Not only did it provide the former with food ...

With nothing but old maps and metal detectors, we set out into the West Texas desert—and what we found was incredible. We rediscovered the lost site of Fort Stockton, a 19th-century Indian Wars fort ...

Buffalo furs became popular and fur traders flooded onto the Canadian prairies. In exchange for furs, traders introduced the Plains Indians to a potent, highly addictive form of whiskey.

History and military buffs, you’re not going to want to miss the upcoming French & Indian War Encampment at Old Fort Niagara. Each year, reenactors gather together at this famed battle site ...

Scott Momaday operates the Buffalo Trust, a nonprofit organization working to preserve Native cultures. Christopher Felver / Corbis Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa Indian ...

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 ...