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“Traditional use of Tatanka (buffalo)” is a PowerPoint series developed by Badlands National Park and South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
The PowerPoint series includes a brief history of buffalo in South Dakota. Also, there are photos of buffalo parts, like a buffalo hide and tail.
Click the mouse to advance through the PowerPoint. "Click" will appear in the lower right-hand corner when it is time to advance.
The buffalo part above is a buffalo bone. The bone was removed from the hump of the buffalo;
can you guess the traditional use of the buffalo part?
The buffalo bone was used as a paintbrush. The hump bone shown
is similar to a modern painting sponge, but it is very hard.
The hump bone was porous (spongy bone).Paint absorbed into the pores, then
it was transferred to a tipi or clothing for ornamentation.
Native Americans used all of the buffalo fluids above when painting. The differentfluids provided a variety of colors. Ornamentation, which included quill work,
painting and bead work, was very important to Native Americans.
Blood was also used to make puddings and soups; stomach contents were also used to make medicine.
The hump of a buffalo was verymassive. The bones (below) andmuscles of the hump helped thebuffalo move snow in the winter.The buffalo moved its head from side to side in a process called
snowplowing (right); they movedthe snow in search of food.
Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Copyright 2009
National Park Service Photo
National Park Service Photo
Buffalo Skeleton
Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Copyright 2009
Diagram courtesy Texas Beyond History, The University of Texas at Austin
The animal parts above are not from a buffalo; can you guess which South Dakota animal they come from?
What is the traditional Native American use of the animal parts shown?
The animal parts shown above are porcupine quills. The quills are smooth hollowtubes with a very sharp barbed end; they range in length from 1 to 4 inches.
The quills were dyed to produce different colored quills. Then the quillswere sewed, braided or wrapped onto objects for ornamentation. The introduction
of beads (beadwork) largely replaced quillwork, but it was still practiced.
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Additional “Traditional” Uses of the Buffalo
The paunch (belly) liner was used toto make meat wrappings, buckets,
collapsible cups, basins and canteens.
The buffalo tongue was usedas a comb (rough side). Also, it was
a choice meat for human consumption.
After the arrival of the white-man,buffalo were often found dead with
the tongue removed and a few strips of meat off of the back.
Hooves, dewclaws and feet weremade into glue, rattles and spoons.
Hooves are shown below.
Teeth were made into ornamentals. An incisor teeth necklace is shown
to the left.
The stomach liner was usedto make water containers
and cooking vessels.
Fat was used to make soaps,hair grease and cosmetic aids.
Hind leg skin (shown left) wasused to make pre-shaped moccasins.
Note: graph is not to scale
•For more information aboutNative Americans or buffalo visit www.nps.gov/badl,