Kill Every Buffalo You Can!
The American bison once roamed the prairie in numbers up to 60 million, but when the U.S governement decided to force Native Americans onto reservations making way for white settlers, they slaughtered the animal to near extinction to starve Plains tribes into surrender.
RESEARCH & RESOURCES:
Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison
How Nomadic Groups End up Being Victims of Stigma and Discrimination
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
American Plains Indians Had Health and Height
The Story of White Buffalo Calf Woman and the Gift of the Pipe
“Kill Every Buffalo You Can!” On the Cruelties of Colonial Power
THE FRONTIER ARMY –DESTRUCTION OF THE BUFFALO: 1865-1883
‘Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead Is an Indian Gone’