As the buffalo were exterminated, Tribes suffered forced relocations onto reservations, lost prosperity, and starvation.

It was the moneyed interests who were responsible for the slaughter, as the pelts were valuable as supple leather for ... except it’s not the buffalo and Native American culture at risk, but ...

The industry for buffalo hides made some White Americans rich, but it decimated the species as well as the Native American tribes whose lives depended on the bison. Vintage engraving showing ...

Long before our modern concerns of climate change and sustainability, Native American cultures already demonstrated incredible resourcefulness and respect in their use of the buffalo. Recognizing ...

(As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) For centuries, the buffalo provided the essentials of life for prairie natives. The fur and hide were ... on the North American plains.

But the arrival of the railroads in the early 1870s, and a new demand for buffalo hides to ... By 1900, the American buffalo teetered on the brink of disappearing forever, and Native people ...