What did the shoshone Indians use buffalo for?

Answer 1

Native Americans certainly had a lot more uses for the bison than the white Americans did. White Americans only used and slaughtered bison for their hides; the Indians used the bison for food, shelter, clothing, tools, weapons, toys, and many other things.

Answer 2

Muscle is the same thing as meat, so they ate it. Much of the meat was cut into thin strips and dried on racks in the hot sun to preserve it, but some was eaten fresh straight away.

Not quite the same thing as muscle is sinew - long, thin bundles of tough fibres found alongside the spine and in the legs. This was pounded with stone hammers to break up the fibres and used as a very strong thread for sewing, or as cord for bowstrings or for many other applications.

Answer 3

Native Americans used buffalo for food, but they also used buffalo tongue for hairbrushes and buffalo bones for tools. They even ground up buffalo hooves to make glue.

Answer 4

To answer this question a tribe is needed. There are millions of Native Americans with a variety of traditions and cultures.