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because they only use the buffalo for the skin for clothing and the tipi

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Buffalo's can't talk. Seriously, native Americans hunted buffalo and used every part of the animal. The skins were used to build tee-pees. The horns and bones were also used to make instruments. Even dried buffalo dung was used to keep babies' bottoms dry and as a substitute for firewood.


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What part of the buffalo do Indians use?

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Who enabled native Americans to hunt buffalo as their main food source?

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