The buffalo was used by the Native American tribes of the plains for everything they needed to live. It gave them food, the hides gave shelter and clothing. Nothing on the animal was wasted. Louis and Clark may have killed one for the same reasons or been given meat and hides by the tribes they met.
THey used there dung for the fire, and there meat to eat
Buffalo in the United States of America were used for food. Buffalo were also used to make clothing to keep people warm.
Food. If they did hunt buffalo they would have used it for food and the skin.
Food and the leather would have been used in many ways.
Black Buffalo
Food, clothing, robes,
The buffalo stomach was used as cooking bowls and bags or, containers for water.
They used everything from the buffalo for everything...literally.
Buffalo are mainly used for eating in place of beef. Buffalo is higher in nutrients than most varieties of meat and leaner in fat. Buffalo has quite a bit of protein in it. Some people use the buffalo hide to make purses, clothes and other items.
they used the bones of the buffalo to make knives and they used the tail of the buffalo as a fly swatter!
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.
the plains Indians used the buffalo for everything. they used the hide of the buffalo to make their clothes and and homes. they used the meat of the buffalo for their main food supply. the bone of the buffalo was used for weapons and some times womens jewelry.
I have a buffalo bone pendant.....
Native Americans used buffalo for food, but they also used buffalo tongue for hairbrushes and buffalo bones for tools. They even ground up buffalo hooves to make glue.
The buffalo stomach was used as cooking bowls and bags or, containers for water.
they used the buffalo meat to eat.
A buffalo is a large animal. The name bison is often used instead of buffalo. Buffalo is the name of a city in the USA.
they were used for tools.
they hunted the buffalo for food, and used the skin from the buffalo to make clothing.
They used everything from the buffalo for everything...literally.
The organs of a buffalo was used for medicine bags, water container, pouches, and containers for water and for cooking.
they used the liver of a buffolo
The organs of a buffalo was used for medicine bags, water container, pouches, and containers for water and for cooking.