2. NATIVE AMERICANS used every part of the buffalo.

3. But HOW exactly did they use each part?

4. The Mandan Tribe used the SKULL as a religious alter.

5. The HORNS were carved into cups, spoons, ladles, and decorations.

6. TEETH became tools & decorations. & were used in ceremonial rattles.

7. The CHEYENNE used BRAINS. to process leather.

8. BONES were made into knives, arrowheads, shovels, sleds, clubs & dice.

9. HIDES became teepee covers, clothes, shoes, belts, bags, arrow quivers & dolls.

10. The Lakota nation used the HAIR in head dresses to stuff pillows, pad saddles and weave ropes.

11. The TONGUE, HEART & LIVER were eaten right away.

12. MUSCLES were cut into strips & preserved as jerky.

13. The four-chambered STOMACH was dried & formed into buckets, cups, & pots.

14. Kiowa hunters used SINEWS as bow strings & BLADDERS as water canteens.

15. TAILS became whips & BRUSHES.

16. The FAT was used in soap, cooking oil & candles.

17. HOOVES were boiled down for glue.

18. Finally, even the DUNG was dried & burned for fuel.

19. 60 MILLION BISON roamed North America in the early 1800’s.

20. Then Europeans arrived in the west. By 1920, only 5000 bison survived.