Uses of a Buffalo
This part of the buffalo was used as a water bag or cooking pot.
Strips of dried animal meat.
Jerky
Whose job was it to go hunting?
The men and older boys in the tribe.
Trade
Barter
This part of the buffalo was used as string.
Tendons.
This part of the buffalo was used to make rattles or glue.
The hooves
A story in pictures drawn on the skin of an animal.
Hide painting
How did Indians hunt buffalo before they had horses?
They used buffalo drops (ran them off a cliff).
A treat for Indian children, made out of animal meat, fat, and berries.
What was a potential purpose for the Great Medicine Wheel?
Worship, Decoration, Making Medicines, Ceremony
This part of the buffalo could be used as ember carriers.
The horns.
The established ways of doing things, often different between groups of people.
Customs.
What weapon made it easier for Indians to hunt?
Bow and arrow.
Bison
What does the Great Arrow point to?
The Great Medicine Wheel.
This part of the buffalo could be used to make jewelry, tools, or weapons.
The bones.
A brave tribal member who dressed in a buffalo skin and lured other buffalo to the edge of a cliff.
Buffalo caller.
What was the job of the women during a buffalo trap?
To set up camp at the bottom of the cliff.
Removing all hair and tissue from both sides of an animal skin and softening it to use for clothing or teepee covers.
Tanning hides
What is one thing that made Indians different from White Men (other than their skin color)?
Their religious beliefs, traditions, food, government.
This part of the buffalo could be used to make teepees, clothing, blankets, or shields.
The hide.
A spring celebration honoring the renewal of life and the human spirit.
Sun Dance
What was the name of the group of Indians who hunted and ate sheep?
the Sheepeaters.
Touching or hitting an enemy with the hand or special stick.
Counting coup
What weapon was most effective when hunting buffalo?
Spears.