Buffalo Before Breakfast
Chapter 5 Sunlight and Midnight
Activity
Learn more about the buffalo hunt.
Background Information:
The Plains Indians hunted buffalo and other game such as elk and antelope. To capture
them they would surround the herd or try to stamped the herds off cliffs or
into areas where they could be killed more easily. Life for the
Plains Indians was much easier after horses. The Indians hunted with
bows and arrows even after the European traders brought guns. The
Indians hunted all year long. Because the buffalo was so plentiful the Indian hunters were not limited in the number of buffalo they killed. The buffalo was
roasted over a fire, dried in the sun and made into jerky, and made
into pemmican. Pemmican was made by pounding dried meat into powder
and mixing it with melted fat and berries. The Plains Indians ate
berries, cherries, wild greens, camas roots, and wild prairie turnip with the meat.
Watch the scene from the movie Dances with Wolves that shows the buffalo hunt.
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