What was the significance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians?
To the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe, the bison was the shopping center or Wal-Mart of the Plains with an unlimited credit card. Bone, hoof, hide, guts, horn, sinew, fat and flesh were all used. It provided them with food, housing, medication, tools, ritual and adornment. Every part of the animal had a use and a purpose.
