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before horses indians used spears and bow and arrows with skins to hide their scent

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How did the Comanche get buffalo meat?

the indians killed the buffalo with bows and arrows and speares


What did the whites do to chase the Indians away?

They killed every buffalo in sight to chase the Indians out of their territories


Why were the horse and buffalo important for the plains Indians?

The main animal used by the plains tribes was the buffalo. The buffalo was used by them for food, the skins for shelter and clothing, they had religious rites celebrating the buffalo. No part of the buffalo was wasted. Before the European settlement there were millions of buffalo in the plains. After the civil war an overt effort to kill off as many buffalo as possible was put into place because it was known to be used by the plains tribes. The railroads would stop and people would shoot buffalo until their guns grew hot. Mountains of buffalo were killed. Combined with the killing of the herds was a drought on the plains and the millions of buffalo were no longer there, but were down to a few thousand. This helped push the plains tribes onto reservations.


Who was buffalo bill the?

He killed buffalos for the American government to eliminate the Indians culture.


What part of the bisdon did the American Indians consider useful?

The plains tribes used ALL of the buffalo that they killed.


Was the horses important to the native Americans?

The Plains Indians used pretty much all of the buffalo when they killed it. (Meat for eating, hide for covering, bones for building, tendons for rope) When the buffalo was killed off by the railroaders and settlers and pioneers, the Indians lost all the resources given by the buffalo. Because the buffalo was so useful, the Indians had depended on it and when they were killed, they lost their entire way of life.The horse is kinda funky. The horse is fairly new to America, with the first horses being brought by the Spaniards in the conquest of Cortez. The horse is incredibly strong, ridiculously fast, and a weapon in its own right through trampling. This superiority in battle made the Plains Indians pretty much invincible in their homeland (Not so much in trees, but really really good in flat spots) They also used horses when they died in much the same way they used the buffalo, making them a valuable resource and a formidable weapon.


What were 2 things responsible for hurting the Comanche Indians?

Disease carried by whites and the large amount of buffalo killed by whites.


What was the difference between the way white hunters killed the buffalo and the way Indians did?

white men killed the buffalo by the masses to rid the food supply of the indians, to make them move on. man has always used this process to eliminate or control undesirables. get rid of the food and the rats leave poison the rats and the snakes leave


Was buffalo bill killed by a buffalo?

no


How were the Plains Indians lives affected by the buffalo?

The Plains Indians were affected by buffalo because they ate them as their main food, they used bones for tools and toys, and they used skins for fur clothing. Virtually, the Plains Indians used all parts of their game or food


Did the Saskatchewan aboriginal people follow buffalo for food?

yes they sure did! about 150+ years ago, much as in the northern US...by the mid 1800's tho most of the buffalo had been killed off by buffalo hunters, settlers, cowboys and you guessed it, indians!... -saskboi


What did Plains Indians use for food?

They hunted Buffalo and also grew crops. Fishing and hunting other animals was also done, but the Buffalo was the primary food source. That is why when the government wanted to starve Native American plains tribes they killed as many Buffalo as they could.