Buffalo and Deer - Sustainers of Life

Hunting Methods

Buffalo Hunting Techniques by Nicolas Point, S.J., c. 1840 De Smetiana Collection, Midwest Jesuit Archives, St. Louis, Missouri, IX-C9-97

Gun case Dakota/Lakota, c. 1880 Skin, porcupine quills, horsehair CMC V-E-295

Gun case Absalooka, turn of the century CMC V-L-29

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Introduction | Hunting Methods | Products of Life | Buffalo and Deer Imagery | Buffalo Ritual | Decimation of the Buffalo and Deer | Re-emergence of the Buffalo | Transition to Cattle ranching

Introduction | Buffalo and Deer | Dog and Coyote | Honouring the Horse

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