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Q: What do elk teeth mean to the native Americans?
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How did the Native Americans treat the pioneers?

At first the Native Americans didn't mind the pioneers. But then the pioneers started hunting the buffalo, elk, and deer, which were the Native Americans main source of food.


Are elk native to Ireland?

no - elk are extinct in Ireland


What did native Americans of the west eat?

they ate fish, buffalo, deer, elk, and small game. The girls would gather berries and roots.


Do Elk have teeth?

Yes, two where the canine teeth would be on the top jaw.


How does a gray wolf eat an elk?

In order for a gray wolf to eat an elk, it must first kill its prey, then proceed to place such elk in ones teeth where it will be broken down by enzymes and teeth into smaller bits of elk, then the gray wolf will swallow said elk, then proceed to subconciously digest it.


What is the advantage of having different types of teeth in your mouth?

Different teeth are necessary for various reasons. Compare the teeth of a lion compared to the teeth of a elk. The lions teeth are meant to tear flesh apart. The teeth of a elk are meant to grind foliage, sort of how ours are.


How did the native Americans of the great plains survive other than the use of the buffalo?

Nuts, berries, seeds, small game, deer, antelope, bear, elk.


What did the Cheyenne use clothes?

Cheyenne Native Americans used pelts and skins from the buffalo, elk, antelope, deer, wild sheep, fox, and wolves they hunted. Women wore long deerskin dressed with high fringed boots and men wore breechclothes (loincloths) with leather leggings and moccasins. Later, men wore warshirts that the women decorated with porcupine quills, shells, and elk teeth.


What 2 native Americans developed in north America?

There were many Native American tribes living in the Northwest but two popular tribes were the Nez Perce (Chief Joseph), and Chief Black Elk of the Oglala Lakota.


Can you buy elk ivories and if so how much are they usually?

Elk ivories are the canine teeth of elk. They usually are priced by what type of elk they came from. They can range from $16 to $35 for a pair of them.


Who is the prophet for native spirituality?

Black Elk....?


What do red Indians eat?

As well as eating buffalo the native Americans ate Rabbit, Moose, Deer and Elk. They also ate dried rice and wild corn.