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  2. Bison hunting - Wikipedia

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    The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum. A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement. Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of ...

  3. Métis buffalo hunting - Wikipedia

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    Métis buffalo hunting began on the North American plains in the late 1700s [1] and continued until 1878. [2] The great buffalo hunts were subsistence, political, economic, and military operations [3] for Métis families and communities living in the region. [4] At the height of the buffalo hunt era, there were two major hunt seasons: summer ...

  4. Bonfire Shelter - Wikipedia

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    This archaeological site contains evidence of mass American buffalo hunts, a phenomenon that is usually associated with the Great Plains hundreds of miles to the north. This site is the southernmost site that has been located in North America where mass bison hunts have taken place, and also the earliest known. [1]

  5. Why this northwestern Pa. community is holding a miniature ...

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    The Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society and WECAN Waterford are hosting their first ever Great Bison Hunt starting Monday and running through Oct. 31. Through the month of October, 500 miniature bison ...

  6. American bison - Wikipedia

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    Buffalo hunting, i.e. hunting of the American bison, was an activity fundamental to the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, providing more than 150 uses for all parts of the animal, including being a major food source, hides for clothing and shelter, bones and horns as tools as well as ceremonial and adornment uses.

  7. Olsen–Chubbuck Bison Kill Site - Wikipedia

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    The Olsen–Chubbuck Bison kill site is a Paleo-Indian site that dates to an estimated 8000–6500 B.C. and provides evidence for bison hunting and using a game drive system, long before the use of the bow and arrow or horses. [1] The site holds a bone bed of nearly 200 bison that were killed, butchered, and consumed by Paleo-Indian hunters.

  8. Buffalo jump - Wikipedia

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    A buffalo jump, or sometimes bison jump, is a cliff formation which Indigenous peoples of North America historically used to hunt and kill plains bison in mass quantities. The broader term game jump refers to a man-made jump or cliff used for hunting other game , such as reindeer.

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