What did the plain Indians use the buffalo for?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

meat, fur, weapons, silverwear, jewelry, cups ,spoons, clothing, shelter, shields, drums, knives, arrow heads, sledge runners, headdresses, powder- flasks, child rattles, hairbrushes, rope, stuffing, blankets, saddle covers, gloves, soap, fuel, fly swatters, cords, and pillows

Answer 4

bones

flesh

fat

fur

liver

sinews

gall

horns

intestines

skull

bladder

brain

hoves

rawhide