The bison to the American Indians represented a unique source to meet all the needs of everyday life.
Recent studies show how the same natives, in ancient times and continuously, have favored an increase in the number of these animals through the controlled use of fire in the Great Plains in order to create new pastures for their herds. At the time of the landing of Columbus, according to calculations accredited in North America lived 35 million bison. At the end of the 800 had remained a few hundred animals. Benjamin Capps in his "The Indians" (New York, 1973) lists eighty different items made by Indians with parts of the bison.
This is their possible short list:
1) Brain - tanning
2) Skull-ceremonies, sun dance, prayer
3) Horns - cups, containers for the fire or gunpowder, hats, games
4) Language- the most delicious cut of meat
5) Beard ornaments or weapons accessories
6)-rawhide containers, clothing, headgear, shields, medicine bags, shoes for moccasins, rattles, drums, ropes, saddles, scabbards, small boats (bull boats) covers spears, masks for horses, bullets, bags, belts
7)-leather moccasins, containers, clothing, hats, coats for winter, jackets, leggings, belts, women's clothing, quivers, covers the types, gun scabbards, dolls
8) Sockets and paws-glue, rattles
9) Meat-(all of it was eaten), pemmicam (smoked meat for the winter), jerky, viscera (liver) were eaten killing the animal immediately upon
9) Stomach-container for the transport of water and cook for
10) Scrotum-bells
11) Bladder-bags for the spikes, bags female
12) Intestine-waterproofing membrane for flutes, cups etc.
13) leg-skin moccasins, winter boots, bags bag
14) Droppings fuel
-15) Tail-use in the rites, fly swatter, decoration of the lodges
16) Cote-bones, arrowheads, structure for the saddle , clubs (war club), needles, brushes, games
17)-tendons used in the strings, such as sewing thread, glue etc.
18) Hairy-head coverings, upholstery for the seats and cushions, balls medicine
19) Whole-animal totem, clan symbol, the buffalo white (albino) was held sacred by the adult hair was yellow and very rare value.
below: set of hooves and a buffalo bladder
gift of my Aissksinimatstohki
(Teacher or "One who knows things" in Blackfeet)
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