Buffalo Are Back
American Buffalo are also called...
Bison
Large and flat grassy area of land without many trees
Plains
A notebook where people can write down the things that happened in their day
Diary
Something someone owns
Possession
A thin layer of ice on a surface
Frost
A lot of motion and noise all at once
Commotion
Large, flat, area of land covered in grass
Prairie
Portable, tent-like shelter made with wooden poles and animal skins
Tipis
A difficult task or problem
Challenge
Worth a lot, important, precious
Valued
To be sick
Ill
A huge rock, but smaller than a mountain
Boulder
Breakable
Fragile
Able to produce plentiful crops
Fertile
A long moving line or group of wagons
Train
To push or throw hard
Thrust
To think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is
Exaggerate
The vehicle at the front of the train that pulls the train cars
Locomotive
When something changes because of something else
Impact
Group of Indians who travel
Nomadic Indians
Extremely high hill or mountain to climb
Steep
A long period of time without rain
Drought
A group of trees
Orchard
An explosive chemical that is shaped into sticks
Dynamite
An agreement between 2 groups of people
Treaties
Groups of American Indians who share a culture
Tribes
A trip across a long span of time
Journey
A Native American priest or healer
Shaman
A safe place to protect someone or something from harm
Shelter
A boat that is shallow so it can be used in rivers
Riverboat
To eat slowly, a small amount of food all day long
Grazed
A ritual performed at a large gathering
Ceremony
Someone who is one of the first of a culture to live in a new place
Pioneer
When you accept someone's apology
Forgiveness
To enter a place where you are unwanted
Invaded
A machine that used boiling water to drill into the earth
Steam Drill
A person born at a specified place
Native
The skin of an animal that can be used for shelter or clothing.
Hides
An event that causes great suffering and destruction
Tragedy
An extreme shortage of food
Famine
A greatly exaggerated story that is hard to believe
Tall Tale
A fabric draped over your shoulders
Shawl
Someone who moves to a new place to start a new life
Settlers
An area of land in the US put aside for the use of American Indians
Reservation
Something done as a reaction to something else
Response
A story that gets told over and over but exaggerates the details
Legend
The far edge of settled land
Frontier
To take something excitedly
Seized