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Instead of wood, since it was scarce, people used buffalo chips for fuel to replace the wood.

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Q: How was the buffalo used as fuel?
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Is buffalo manure fossil fuel?

Buffalo manure is not a fossil fuel because are non- renewable and buffalo manure is renewable. How ever Buffalo Manure can be used as a fuel.


What was used for fuel on great plains?

Dyed buffalo chips,


Dried buffalo chips were used for?

Fuel to make fires.


Did Indians eat buffalo chips?

NO. They used them as fuel for their fires, NOT for food.


What did the emigrants use for fuel when they couldn't find wood?

emigrants on the Oregon Trail used buffalo dung


How did the siksika use the bufffalo to meet their needs for?

They used the buffalo for many things. For instance, they used the buffalo's bladder as a waterproof bag, the hide for clothes as well as the hair, they used the bones to make tools, and they used the buffalo's dried dung as fuel. They used everything and didn't let ANYTHING go to waste! (I know I didn't describe the use of every part of the buffalo, but they use every part!)


Why did pioneers children collect buffalo chips?

They collected buffalo chips for fuel.


How was the buffaloes important to the first nations of the plains?

The hides would be used as clothes and meat for food and they would use every single part of the buffalo even the manure as fuel. The buffalo were used for many things by the first nations


What did the plains Indians use for fuel?

buffalo dung


What did the emigrants use for fuel on the Oregon trail?

buffalo dung


How did the plains Indians utilize the buffalo?

the plains Indians used the buffalo for everything. they used the hide of the buffalo to make their clothes and and homes. they used the meat of the buffalo for their main food supply. the bone of the buffalo was used for weapons and some times womens jewelry.


How did Indian Peoples use buffalo?

Indians did not have buffalo they would hunt them but also use them for skin tipi covers, hide robes, fuel , tools , weapons and equipment . They also used hoofs to make glue, they turned bones into ornaments and buffalo tails became a fly swish.