Friday, September 19, 2014

Buffalo and the Indians

Many Indians relied on the millions of buffalo that once roamed the Great Plains for their survival, and they made the most of these great mammals. They made clothing, moecasins, tepees, furniture, and drums, among other things, from buffalo hides. They ate buffalo meat and used it in religious ceremonies. They made food, paint, and Cosmetics from buffalo fat and marrow. They used buffalo fur ceremonially and to make rope. They used buffalo hoofs ceremonially and to make tools and glue. They used the buffalo’s bladder as a storage pouch, They even used buffalo dung as fuel.
What can we learn about conservation from the way the Great Plains Indians made use of the buffalo? Brainstorm a list of ways you can conserve natural resources. Choose one and persuade others how and why they should adopt the conservation measures you suggest.

49 comments:

  1. They had a harsh survival
    They used their surroundings to live and eat food, create homes, and also clothes. Basically Buffalo's were their main source.

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    1. i totally agree with you they had to use the buffalo's to create homes, clothes, and to survive

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  2. Rubaiya Promi 812: i think they should adopt the conservation measures that i suggest, because if buffalos are goe then the other chamber that eats the buffalo will be gone too like lions or tigers they eat buffalos we might loose the population of lions tiges nd buffalos this is why we should conserve the animals, because if anumals are gone we wont get to it, but we need to be bexareful, and protect our animals from the killers. This ois why we should adopt the conservation.

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  3. the native americans used every source of nature for their survival especially the buffalo , look the buffalo had meat for food and fur for weather heat and homes and also the twigs were used for teepees

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    1. i agree because they made houses for them, and ate because of buffalos. so they used it wisely.

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  4. We learned that the Indians realize how important the buffalo is to them so they use every part of the animal so the buffalo does not got to waste.All in all the Indians dependent on the buffalo.
    Now a day we can recycle to save, because i the future we might run out of resources.

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    1. i agree because the Indians were dependent on the buffalo because it made many items in their daily uses.

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    2. I agree with your idea of conserving natural resources. We can also reuse things like bottles and plastic bags.

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  5. We know that buffalo is important to Indians . They use it on almost everything . Now we want to save the animal , it might extinct.

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  6. Indians use different part of buffalo in different ways. Indians use buffalo's body part everyday. Indians can't live without buffalo.

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  7. we can learn about the conservation from the way the Great Plains Indians made use of the buffalo that they used it in every way they could have, they used every part in a useful manner and did not waste it. this is why they were able to make so much out of one buffalo. some natural resources we can conserve and use in a better manner are water, trees, soil, etc. We should definitely save water. Everyone should do this because water is an important resource in order for us to survive. Some ways are when we brush our teeth we should turn off the water. also there are many other ways.

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    1. I disagree with you because everything is worthless if you cannot gain oxygen from trees.

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  8. They use the buffalo to make things.People use buffalo fur to make rope. They use lots of things on buffalo to make things to live.

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  9. We learn about that Indians use buffalo on everything they could . They don't waste their resource. Now we should save more buffalo .So they will forever exist.

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  10. Indian peoples use the buffalo in the life most time.They eat the buffalo and use buffalo in regious.Also use the buffalo hides to made living things.They cannot live without the buffalo.I think they should change,the only the buffalo.This make them will all die in Earth.

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  11. The Buffalo is very important to them. If there are no buffalo they can not survive.

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  12. I think that the Great Plain Indians had conserved all parts of the buffalo very well. They use them as food source,materials for building shelters,tools, fuel and a lot other useful purposes. I think they can use buffalo's fur as material to make clothing so that they can keep themselves warm in winter.

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  13. We know the Great Paint Indian made use of buffalo to do many things,they use it to survived ,make clothes and food.After I read this story,I know we must to protect the animal that is in dangerous

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  14. In that i learn that Indian learns that buffalo is really important to them to survive and i also learn to order to survive in a hard situation you always have to figure out something new. i would do something else to survive from the natural resources and tell others to do it because killing to much buffalo is not good we can have less buffalo. I would find about trees that can give us food.. and i would find how to cook by two to rocks to make fire. And also i would figure out hoe to make cloths with ribbons

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    1. i also learn that they use everything around to survive

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  15. indians had to survive so they ate the buffalo and made other things this means that the indians had to rely on buffalo just to survive.

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  16. the animal and plant is very important to Indian survive .they use everything around them to help them survive.

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  17. Indians use buffalo during daily life. Buffalo are their important resource. Don't waste any pieces of Buffalo, make sure every part of their body are used. Better eat more before they extinct.

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  18. The Indians of Great Plains use the things around them to survive and buffalo was there main source of food,tools,clothing,and other things they need for daily life.That are the left over things of the buffalo that they reuse it.For example their bones and fur for tools and clothing.This show that we can reuse things like the Indians.We can reuse paper box again to restore things you don't need into the box.

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    1. I agree on what you said about conserving natural resources

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    2. I agree with you because we need to learn how to save our natural resources and protect our environment.

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  19. indians use buffalo to make many things,they need buffalo to survive.i think if they don't have buffalo they will die and i think they need to protect buffalo if not they can't survive

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  20. they can reuse things that they made

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  21. From this text i could Buffalo is really helpful animal,it can help you with make cloths and etc

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    1. yea their are really helpful

      spelling error fazlay

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  22. After they ate the buffalo,they can use it to make many things. They made clothing, moecasins, tepees, furniture, and drums, among other things, from buffalo hides to survive.

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  23. We could learn that the Indians made the best of their surroundings. For example, they used buffalo as their main source of pretty much everything. Clothes, food, paint, homes, furniture, ropes, cosmetics, and much more. A way they can conserve natural resources is that after making them, you can reuse them.

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  24. a way we could conserve resources like buffalo is only kill them when we need more food or skin or whatever else they give us .

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    1. How about that list about conserving other things like, for example, fossil fuels, water, electricity, etc.?

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  25. The tribe used only one animal (Buffalo) for their resources. Their craft, food, shelter, clothing. Unlike us today we use different machines and tools to help us get our needs. They don't need electricity. We can conserve our energy by doing crafts, sewing, paint that way we won't be busy with our devices and actually focus on something else.

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  26. They have learned to adapt, for example they used buffalo meat to eat and they use buffalo skin to make resources. They can save by reusing stuff that they are going to throw out #DUNG

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  27. well as we know buffalos dont exsist no more but still they were really tasty to eat and they would give us their skin to use so its telling that hey were useful animals.

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  28. buffalo is really important to them, because they make clothes out of the fur and they could eat buffalo meat and use their dung for fuel. also the can make buffalo wings

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  29. Jamima Priti 811: The Indians of the Great Plains used many things around them to survive. Their main source were the buffalo's. They used them in many ways. For example,they made clothing, moecasins, tepees, furniture, and drums, among other things, from buffalo hides. They ate buffalo meat and used it in religious ceremonies. They made food, paint, and Cosmetics from buffalo fat and marrow. They used buffalo fur ceremonially and to make rope. They used buffalo hoofs ceremonially and to make tools and glue. They used the buffalo’s bladder as a storage pouch, They even used buffalo dung as fuel. These are all the things that they used from the buffalo's in order to survive.

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  30. In the summary buffalo and Indians it is about the Indians using the buffalo for their lives. The uses are for meat, ceremonies, drum, and etc. (people that work on this together Tony Pan, and Tony Zou.)

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  31. we can learn from the tribes to use the buffaloes for many things ex.food shelter and more

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  32. The buffaloes are an important resources for them .It can use in wide range ,from food to clothing.Without the buffaloes Indian might died.

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  33. the indian's made good use of the buffaloes meat by cooking it so that it is eat able also the indian's use the buffaloes hides to make clothing and they have use the buffaloe hides to make many other things but is they kill of all the buffaloe around them then the other animal's that eat the buffaloe's as food they will start to disappear or start to decrease one by one.

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  34. Based on the passage, we learn that buffalo is important and a great deed to Great Plains Americans. They use buffalo fur to make clothing and tepees. In addition, they used buffalo hoofs as glue. In modern society, there're also ample ways that can help to conserve the natural resources. For example, "stop cutting down trees and digging coals". To me, I think the most significant conservation should be " stop cutting down trees" because we cannot breath without oxygen producing from trees,especially the tropical rain forests, which is the " lungs of our planet". It absorbed more than 60% of carbon dioxide every year. Therefore, because of that we should highly recommend people to stop cutting trees or else we all gonna die.

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  35. I learn about that the Great Plain Indians need the buffalo , it was important to them because they need to use it to survive through the harsh conditions . They use for meats , clothings , spears { tools },shelthers like teepes,and also glue.

    -NO CUTTING TREES
    -NO LITTERING
    -DON'T WASTE STUFF
    -RECYCLE OR REUSE
    TO REUSE MATERIALS IS TO USE IT AGAIN .FOR EXAMPLE PAPERS CAN BE USED TO MAKE ORAGAMI LIKE PAPER CRANE AND OTHER ANIMALS

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