USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It’s been more than a century since buffalo were bred and herded by Texas’ Lipan Apache. The animal was once an essential resource for that tribe, but they were slaughtered in the 19th and 20th centuries as a way to cut off that resource from Native people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Traditionally, most Apache natives were nomadic hunter-gatherers. The Plains Apache moved with buffalo populations as they were their main livelihood. Other Apache bands moved frequently due to food, weather, and encroachment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Though this is Kiowa art both apache and Kiowa used the horse to hunt buffalo. The hunting styles on horseback would be so similar that a difference would be hard to pick out. The introduction of the horse was the start of a revolution on the Great Plains.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -"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.