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American bison
c1906
The Library of Congress: Taking the Long,View Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pnhtml/pnhome.htmlScience
Ohio SLC 15: Explain how living things interact with the living and non-living components of the environment.
Benchmark B: Explain how climate, weather, and the supply of food and water impact populations.Art:
Currier and Ives Art Print and Catlin Print. The art teacher can introduce lithographic art and famous artists of the time period.
The buffalo were an important resource on the Great Plains of the American West. Why did Native Americans hunt Buffalo? Why did the settlers hunt buffalo? What happened to the buffalo? What impact did this have on the Native American way of life? What impact did this have on the environment? Use these prints and photographs as starting points in your research.
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Buffalo hunt- chase Photographic reproduction of a print from the "North American Indian Portfolio" by George Catlin A Native American (Plains) man chases a buffalo on horseback. The man draws a loaded bow. |
Hunting on the Plains. New York: Published by Man on horseback with rifle riding next to bison. |
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Geronimo carving buffalo meat for his Indians [1909] Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, stands near a slain buffalo in Oklahoma. Other men and boys, some of whom wear feather headdresses, stand nearby. One man holds a staff decorated with feathers. |
Painted buffalo hide Native American (Mandan) painted bison hide shows: scenes of hunters with rifles, shields, or bows and arrows, some wear feather headdresses; one on horseback. Collected by Maximilian Prince of Wied from the upper Missouri riverbanks around 1844. |
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One of the many uses for buffalo hides, fur coats. [188-?] Two men with long buffalo hide coats, standing in photograph studio. No identification given, likely in North Dakota. |
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The Library of Congress: Northern Great Plains
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Language Arts and Social Studies:
Analyze and interpret the letter from Thoedore Roosvelt. Do you think the buffalo should have been shot or given to a zoo? Write a paper supporting you viewpoint.
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Last buffalo killed in North Dakota, January 1907
: Casselton, North Dakota.
Men and boys in winter coats standing by fence behind a buffalo. Rope tied around horns of buffalo and held by man. "My dear Mr. Lynch: I thank you for your gift, and appreciate it. And yet I am really sorry that you had to kill that buffalo bull. I am surprised that there should have been no market for him in the different parks and museums of this country, for I would have thought there would be plenty of people who would like to have him. With regard and thanks, I am, Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt"--Text of letter written by President Theodore Roosevelt from the White House, January 28, 1907. |
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The Library of Congress: Northern Great Plains
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Language Arts
Read the story about the white buffalo calf. What is a myth? Write the story in your owns words or write your own myth.
Miracle, The Sacred White Buffalo
Born August 20, 1994
The Heider Farm ~ Janesville, WisconsinMiracle's Website
Not an albino, she is considered to be the first white buffalo calf born since 1933.
Legend of the White Buffalo (PBS)
This is a story about a beautiful woman who gives the people a sacred pipe with twelve feathers.Unified Arts:
Dance, music, art, physical education. Students can learn the buffalo dance steps either in a physical education or dance class. In music class, you can study various types of American Indian music and then perform a short piece.
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The Buffalo Dance Native American (tribe unknown) men take part in a Buffalo dance around a fire. Spectators and tipis are nearby. Photoprint of an illustration from Harper's Weekly, May 7, 1887. The Library of Congress: History of
the American West Library of Congress: Early Motion Pictures,
1897-1920 Library of Congress: Omaha Indian Music Buffalo Dance Steps - Description and
Origin The Origins of the Buffalo Dance |
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