FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Dwindling buffalo populations threatened traditional native lifestyles, making assimilation to American customs necessary to survival.
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Americans were able to hunt buffalo so efficiently that many Native American tribes looked to the U.S. to improve their hunting methods.
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Buffalo hunters tended to live closely with Native American tribes, allowing American customs to subtly permeate native cultures
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Natives were eager to obtain the Americans’ processed buffalo products and were willing to adopt American customs to do so
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Detailed explanation-1: -The buffalo was an important part of many Native American cultures. They considered the buffalo as their relatives. This is because the buffalo gave them many gifts such as food, shelter, clothing, medicine, and tools. The animal was honored in songs, dances, and prayers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The researchers claim that the rapid destruction of the bison created an equally dramatic decline in the heights of the Native Americans who depended on them–and a worse per capita income that persists today.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Critical to their survival, bison not only provided American Indians with food, shelter and tools, but a model on how to live. To American Indians, bison also represent their spirit and remind them of how their lives were once lived, free and in harmony with nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Government policy Exterminating the buffalo was convenient for the US government as it forced Plains Indians to become more like white settlers. Without the buffalo, Plains Indians had no reason to live a nomadic lifestyle. This made it easier for the US government to confine Plains Indians into small reservations.