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the Plains Natives used buffalo for many different things, depending on what tribe you are talking about. But a good, general overview of the Plains Natives usage of the buffalo are as follows, but not limited to:
- skin: clothes, tipi covers, blankets, "quilts" to transport fresh bison meat in
- muscles: the main food source, also the location of sinew
- sinew: make thread, rope, bow strings, strengthen a bow, among many other uses
- front leg: was often discarded as unusable; except for varying numbers of scapula
- scapula: garden hoes, or skinning/butchering knives
- hoofs: used for glue, hatchets, bells, among a couple other uses, hoof bones (inside the hoof) were also utilized for a variety of reasons
- ribs: as hide scrapers, the meat was seen as a delicacy for some tribes
- vertebral column: either crushed and boiled to extract their grease or discarded
- pelvic girdle: stripped of its meat and/or discarded
- rear leg bones: roasted and then cracked to extract the marrow, then discarded
- skull: most were cracked for the brains and then discarded except for the horn caps, some skulls were kept intact for ceremonial purposes
- horn caps: cups, ladles, fire containers, among many others
What else can I help you with?
What methods did the plain Indians use to hunt the buffalo?
They used the fur to disguise themselves.
What is the importance of horses for the plain Indians?
The plains Indians would use horses to hunt buffalo. It was much easier to catch up with the buffalo herd when you could run just as fast. They also used horses to travel long distances.
Are the plain Indians the Sioux Indians?
The Sioux Indians were a tribe of the Plains indians. Most of them were nomadic (meaning they travelled, most likely they followed herds of buffalo)
What did the Indians use to build their tepees?
buffalo skin
How did the Indians use and not waste the Buffalo?
They used everything from the buffalo for everything...literally.
What methods did the plain Indians use to hunt buffalo?
They used the fur to disguise themselves.
What methods did plain Indians use to hunt buffalo?
They used the fur to disguise themselves.
What methods did the plain Indians use to hunt the buffalo?
They used the fur to disguise themselves.
What organ of buffalo did plain Indians use to make yellow paint?
yahay kaayo mo no!
What animals did Plain Indians depend on and how did they use those animals?
They depend on buffalo and horses. They use horses for transportation and they use buffalo for food, cloth shelter and tools.
What animal did plain Indians depend on and how did they use those animals?
They depend on buffalo and horses. They use horses for transportation and they use buffalo for food, cloth shelter and tools.
What do the plain Indians use for tools?
They used buffalo horns for spoons,knives,weapons,screws,and many other tools.
Did the plain Indians ride buffalo?
no the plain Indians (mens) only hunted the buffalos for food, clothing, fuel, etc.
Did the plain Indians write?
they used buffalo to make oil and write with feathers
What do plain Indians eat?
plains Indians eat whale fat, Whale blubber, Buffulo pee, and bison crap
What is the importance of horses for the plain Indians?
The plains Indians would use horses to hunt buffalo. It was much easier to catch up with the buffalo herd when you could run just as fast. They also used horses to travel long distances.
Mandan Indians use buffalo?
The mandan tribe did use the buffalo
