USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plains Indians used the buffalo for many purposes, including buffalo hide coverings for their tipi homes. Dozens of long wooden poles formed the cone shape of the tipi. Many large buffalo hides, sewn together, were draped across the poles to form an enclosed tent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Plains Indians had more than 150 different uses for the various bison parts. The bison provided them with meat for food, hides for clothing and shelter, and horns and bones for tools. They would even use the bladder to hold water.

Detailed explanation-3: -A buffalo robe is a cured buffalo hide, with the hair left on. They were used as blankets, saddles or as trade items by the Native Americans who inhabited the vast grasslands of the Interior Plains. Some were painted with pictographs or Winter counts that depict important events such as epidemics, famines and battles.

Detailed explanation-4: -A tipi (also spelled teepee) is a type of shelter, shaped like a cone and traditionally made from wooden poles and coverings sewn from the hides of bison.