USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Besides water, buffalo were the Plains ’ most important natural resource, and millions of buffalo used to roam the Plains. The Plains people hunted buffalo by disguising themselves in animal skins, scaring the buffalo, and chasing them over the side of a cliff.

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. For the Plains Indians, bison equaled survival.

Detailed explanation-3: -Western settlers were threatened by the nomadic ways of the Plains Indians, who for thousands of years had lived migratory lives following the great herds of buffalo. To these people, the buffalo was the ultimate companion, providing food, clothing, shelter, and nearly every other material need.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Plains region contains substantial energy resources, including coal, uranium, abundant oil and gas, and coalbed methane. The region’s widespread fossil fuel resources have led to the recovery of several associated elements that are often found alongside gas and oil.

Detailed explanation-5: -The buffalo is a giving animal. It gave its life so Indians could live. The buffalo’s generosity provided Indians with food and shelter. Indian people modeled the buffalos generosity, and it became fundamental to the economy of the American Indian.