This volume is one of a series of twenty-four from Time-Life Books that chronicles the history and culture of the Native Americans.  The Buffalo Hunters presents a look at the nomadic tribes of the North American Plains who migrated with the buffalo herds which they depended on for almost every essential of life.  More than two dozen distinct and diverse tribes found homes on the sweeping grasslands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, bringing with them a multiplicity of languages, customs and beliefs. To include the Omaha, Assiniboin, Arikara, Hidatsa, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, Gros Ventre, Objibwa, Sauk, Arapaho, Pawnee, Ponca, Osage, Quapaw, Iowa, Mandan, Sarsi, Mesquakie, Missouri and Shoshone... just to name a few, making the vast expanses of the North American Plains a virtual melting pot.

Contents

1
Nomads on the Great Plains
6

2
The Ways of Family and Clan
54

3
A Bounty from the Wild Beast
94

4
The Timeless Cycle of Ceremony
140

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The Sacred Hills
42
A Dance to the Sun
84
Portable Shelter For All Seasons
124
Tipis Inspired By Dreams
134
The Crow Fair
174

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Collect all 24 volumes to complete the entire series!