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The buffalo was the main food source and was used for other needs by the plains tribes. Before the Europeans came to colonize North America there were 30 million buffalo, but by 1860's there were only about 15,000 left. This was on purpose because the government made an overt effort to kill as many buffalo that they could so it would eliminate the main food source for the tribes.

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Q: What animals did plains Indians depend on?
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What animals did plains Indians depend on and how did they use those animals?

They depend on buffalo and horses. They use horses for transportation and they use buffalo for food, cloth shelter and tools.


What animals did plains Indians depend on animals for and what animals?

Although they mostly counted on horses, because they used them for transportation, they counted on the buffalo for their meat, and other products from other parts of the buffalo.


In what ways did the Indians of the great plains depend on the buffalo?

To provide food for the families and villages


What did the plains Indians depend on?

The Indians depended on horses for transportation. They also depended on buffalo, deer and elk for food as well as for their skins.


Which two animals were essential for the nomadic lifestyle of the Plains Indians?

Haha buffalo! :D


What animals used by the Plains Indians did railroad crews slaughter for sport?

The American Bison


What are the blackfoot Indians known for?

The Blackfoot Indians are known for pemmican, which is a food made from bison and berries.Also, they depend on bison (buffalo) in the Great Plains to survive.


How do Indians live?

They depend on animals and nature and other things around them.


What was the Plains traditions and religious beliefs?

The Plains Indians believed in many gods. They also believed that all animals were ruled by underwater spirits.


What did the plains Indians make their clothes out of?

the plains used deer, antelope and many other animals


Horses used by the plains Indians were descendants of animals introduced by people of what European heritage?

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What animals did the plains Indians use?

They used bulls for everything they needed. food, shelter everything