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Buffalo herds didn't actually cease to exist, but they almost went extinct because they were one of the main food sources for the American Indians. Also, at on one point in history, Americans started to kill them too and that's why the population of the buffalo slowly decreased. :]
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∙ 8y agoThe American bison was nearly wiped out for two main reasons. One reason was for their hides. The other main reason was to remove a valuable source of food and resources that fed and maintained the native indian tribes. Thus weakened, the tribes were more easily forced onto indian reservations.
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How did the widespread killing of buffalo affect the Plains Indians?
The near extinction of the buffalo affected the Plains Indians in a negative way. The buffalo was their greatest resource. They had learned to use the buffalo in many different ways. The meat was eaten, hooves boiled to make glue, skins covered teepees and made clothes. The hump back of the buffalo was used to make shields. The Plains Indians culture, community, and way of life almost died along with the buffalo.
Where did the Indians find buffalo?
They followed the herds as they moved. One reason they had tepees that they could pack and move. The buffalo was a very special animal to the Native Americans.
How did the environment influence the way the metis lived?
They relied on the buffalo, and the annual buffalo hunt became a major source of food. They were skinned and used for pemican which was traded at trading posts near the Red River.
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Why did the great plains buffalo almost become extinct?
The buffalo were nearly exterminated through wholesale butchery by whites
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The animal that the railroads nearly drove to extinction was the Buffalo. The railroads severely destroyed the buffalo's natural habitat.
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o dont know
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