"Tatanka" is a Lakota Indian word that means buffalo.
Different tribes, different language.
Migration in search of the buffalo
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The black foot tribe ate buffalo, choke, and berries.
The Buffalo Jills
The movie Glory depicts Black Union infantry during the Civil war. The name "Buffalo Soldiers" was given to Black Cavalry by the Native Americans against whom they fought during the "Indian Wars" of the 1870s.Therefore Glory is not any sort of depiction of Buffalo Soldiers.
The water buffalo is not native to the Americas, so no language anywhere in the Americas would have a native name for that animal. Water buffalo are native to the Indian sub-continent and Asia.
The coin you describe is referred to as an " Indian Head Nickel " or sometimes a " Buffalo Nickel ".
Buffalo or Indian Head nickels were minted in the US from 1913 to 1938.
The buffalo is the back. The front is an Indian head.
No year. The Indian head / buffalo design was used on nickels minted from 1913 to 1938.
The buffalo (actually a bison) is on the back, with an Indian head on the front. The date is on the front at the base of the Indian's neck.
The first Indian Head/Buffalo Nickel was minted in Philadephia in the year 1913. The coin is actually called a buffalo nickel or an Indian head nickel, but not "buffalo head". After all, it shows the entire buffalo, not just its head :)
Migration in search of the buffalo
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An Indian head
Buffalo
There were no Buffalo (Indian Head) nickels minted until 1913.