Guided Analysis Document 15.1 Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875

GUIDED ANALYSIS

Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875

This pictograph from around 1875 portrays a Shoshone man on a buffalo hunt. This drawing was made on a buffalo skin robe quilled by a tribal woman and worn by a hunter.

Document 15.1

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Put It in Context

Why did Native Americans in the West have such a close personal connection to the buffalo?